Retinal vasculitis

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:

H35.061 Retinal vasculitis, right eye
H35.062 Retinal vasculitis, left eye
H35.063 Retinal vasculitis, bilateral
H35.069 Retinal vasculitis, unspecified eye

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 Retinal vasculitis

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 H35 Other retinal disorders

Excludes2 - not included here

diabetic retinal disorders (E08.311-E08.359, E09.311-E09.359, E10.311-E10.359, E11.311-E11.359, E13.311-E13.359)

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.

Phlebitis > retina
Endarteritis > retina
Disorder > retina > vasculitis
Eales' disease
Vasculitis > retina
Perivasculitis, retinal

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H35.00	Unspecified background retinopathy	Valid
H35.01	Changes in retinal vascular appearance	Not billable
H35.02	Exudative retinopathy	Not billable
H35.03	Hypertensive retinopathy	Not billable
H35.04	Retinal micro-aneurysms, unspecified	Not billable
H35.05	Retinal neovascularization, unspecified	Not billable
H35.07	Retinal telangiectasis	Not billable
H35.09	Other intraretinal microvascular abnormalities	Valid