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H35.313

Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral

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, FY2017 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:

  • H35.3130 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, stage unspecified
  • H35.3131 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, early dry stage
  • H35.3132 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, intermediate dry stage
  • H35.3133 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, advanced atrophic without subfoveal involvement
  • H35.3134 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, advanced atrophic with subfoveal involvement

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.

  1. FY2017 Added to the code set Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral

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
H35.311 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye Not billable
H35.312 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye Not billable
H35.319 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye Not billable