ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H30-H36 › H35.3 Degeneration of macula and posterior pole › H35.31

H35.31

Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration

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 4 more specific codes instead:

  • H35.311 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye (also a header)
  • H35.312 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye (also a header)
  • H35.313 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral (also a header)
  • H35.319 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye (also a header)

Use instead:

  • H35.3110 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, stage unspecified stated for FY2016
  • H35.3111 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, early dry stage stated for FY2016
  • H35.3112 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, intermediate dry stage stated for FY2016
  • H35.3113 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, advanced atrophic without subfoveal involvement stated for FY2016
  • H35.3114 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, advanced atrophic with subfoveal involvement stated for FY2016
  • H35.3120 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, stage unspecified stated for FY2016
  • H35.3121 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, early dry stage stated for FY2016
  • H35.3122 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, intermediate dry stage stated for FY2016
  • H35.3123 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, advanced atrophic without subfoveal involvement stated for FY2016
  • H35.3124 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, advanced atrophic with subfoveal involvement stated for FY2016
  • H35.3130 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, stage unspecified stated for FY2016
  • H35.3131 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, early dry stage stated for FY2016
  • H35.3132 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, intermediate dry stage stated for FY2016
  • H35.3133 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, advanced atrophic without subfoveal involvement stated for FY2016
  • H35.3134 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, advanced atrophic with subfoveal involvement stated for FY2016
  • H35.3190 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, stage unspecified stated for FY2016
  • H35.3191 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, early dry stage stated for FY2016
  • H35.3192 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, intermediate dry stage stated for FY2016
  • H35.3193 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, advanced atrophic without subfoveal involvement stated for FY2016
  • H35.3194 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, advanced atrophic with subfoveal involvement stated for FY2016

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 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration
  2. 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 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
H35.30 Unspecified macular degeneration Valid
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