Tributary (branch) retinal vein occlusion, right eye, with macular edema

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2017 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.

FY2017 Added to the code set Tributary (branch) retinal vein occlusion, right eye, with macular edema

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 > tributary

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H34.8311	Tributary (branch) retinal vein occlusion, right eye, with retinal neovascularization	Valid
H34.8312	Tributary (branch) retinal vein occlusion, right eye, stable	Valid