Traction detachment of retina

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

H33.40 Traction detachment of retina, unspecified eye
H33.41 Traction detachment of retina, right eye
H33.42 Traction detachment of retina, left eye
H33.43 Traction detachment of retina, bilateral

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Traction detachment of retina

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from H33 Retinal detachments and breaks

Excludes1 - never coded here

detachment of retinal pigment epithelium (H35.72-, H35.73-)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Operculum
Disinsertion, retina
Ablatio, ablation > retinae
Separation > retina, retinal
Tear, torn > retina, retinal
Rupture, ruptured > retina, retinal
Break, retina > with retinal detachment
Vitreoretinopathy, proliferative > with retinal detachment
Detachment > retina > traction

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H33.0	Retinal detachment with retinal break	Not billable
H33.1	Retinoschisis and retinal cysts	Not billable
H33.2	Serous retinal detachment	Not billable
H33.3	Retinal breaks without detachment	Not billable
H33.8	Other retinal detachments	Valid