ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H30-H36 › H35 Other retinal disorders › H35.4
H35.4
Peripheral retinal 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.
Submit one of these 7 more specific codes instead:
- H35.40 Unspecified peripheral retinal degeneration
- H35.41 Lattice degeneration of retina (also a header)
- H35.42 Microcystoid degeneration of retina (also a header)
- H35.43 Paving stone degeneration of retina (also a header)
- H35.44 Age-related reticular degeneration of retina (also a header)
- H35.45 Secondary pigmentary degeneration (also a header)
- H35.46 Secondary vitreoretinal degeneration (also a header)
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Peripheral retinal 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)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H35.0 | Background retinopathy and retinal vascular changes | Not billable |
| H35.1 | Retinopathy of prematurity | Not billable |
| H35.2 | Other non-diabetic proliferative retinopathy | Not billable |
| H35.3 | Degeneration of macula and posterior pole | Not billable |
| H35.5 | Hereditary retinal dystrophy | Not billable |
| H35.6 | Retinal hemorrhage | Not billable |
| H35.7 | Separation of retinal layers | Not billable |
| H35.8 | Other specified retinal disorders | Not billable |
| H35.9 | Unspecified retinal disorder | Valid |