ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H30-H36 › H35.3 Degeneration of macula and posterior pole › H35.32

H35.32

Exudative 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:

  • H35.321 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye (also a header)
  • H35.322 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye (also a header)
  • H35.323 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral (also a header)
  • H35.329 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye (also a header)

Use instead:

  • H35.3210 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, stage unspecified stated for FY2016
  • H35.3211 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, with active choroidal neovascularization stated for FY2016
  • H35.3212 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, with inactive choroidal neovascularization stated for FY2016
  • H35.3213 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, with inactive scar stated for FY2016
  • H35.3220 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, stage unspecified stated for FY2016
  • H35.3221 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, with active choroidal neovascularization stated for FY2016
  • H35.3222 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, with inactive choroidal neovascularization stated for FY2016
  • H35.3223 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, with inactive scar stated for FY2016
  • H35.3230 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, stage unspecified stated for FY2016
  • H35.3231 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, with active choroidal neovascularization stated for FY2016
  • H35.3232 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, with inactive choroidal neovascularization stated for FY2016
  • H35.3233 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, with inactive scar stated for FY2016
  • H35.3290 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, stage unspecified stated for FY2016
  • H35.3291 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, with active choroidal neovascularization stated for FY2016
  • H35.3292 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, with inactive choroidal neovascularization stated for FY2016
  • H35.3293 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, with inactive scar 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 Exudative 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
H35.31 Nonexudative 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