ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H30-H36 › H35.32 Exudative age-related macular degeneration › H35.322

H35.322

Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye

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 4 more specific codes instead:

  • H35.3220 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, stage unspecified
  • H35.3221 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, with active choroidal neovascularization
  • H35.3222 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, with inactive choroidal neovascularization
  • H35.3223 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, with inactive scar

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.

  1. FY2017 Added to the code set Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye

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
H35.321 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye Not billable
H35.323 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral Not billable
H35.329 Exudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye Not billable