Central retinal vein occlusion, left eye

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Billable FY2016 only, and a category header from FY2017.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

H34.8120 Central retinal vein occlusion, left eye, with macular edema
H34.8121 Central retinal vein occlusion, left eye, with retinal neovascularization
H34.8122 Central retinal vein occlusion, left eye, stable

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Central retinal vein occlusion, left eye
FY2017 Stopped being billable

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 H34 Retinal vascular occlusions

Excludes1 - never coded here

amaurosis fugax (G45.3)

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.

Stroke > cryptogenic
Disease, diseased > artery
Infarct, infarction > brain
Thrombosis, thrombotic > eye
Infarct, infarction > cerebellar
Thrombosis, thrombotic > ophthalmic
Occlusion, occluded > vein > retinal
Thrombosis, thrombotic > retina, retinal
Occlusion, occluded > retina, retinal > vein

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H34.811	Central retinal vein occlusion, right eye	Not billable
H34.813	Central retinal vein occlusion, bilateral	Not billable
H34.819	Central retinal vein occlusion, unspecified eye	Not billable