ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H30-H36 › H35.3 Degeneration of macula and posterior pole › H35.30

H35.30

Unspecified macular degeneration

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Unspecified macular degeneration (age-related)
  2. FY2012 Draft description revised draft Unspecified macular degeneration (age-related) Unspecified macular degeneration

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H35.31 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration Not billable
H35.32 Exudative age-related macular degeneration Not billable
H35.33 Angioid streaks of macula Valid
H35.34 Macular cyst, hole, or pseudohole Not billable
H35.35 Cystoid macular degeneration Not billable
H35.36 Drusen (degenerative) of macula Not billable
H35.37 Puckering of macula Not billable
H35.38 Toxic maculopathy Not billable