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H36

Retinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

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 to FY2023, and a category header from FY2024.

Submit one of these 1 more specific code instead:

  • H36.8 Other retinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere (also a header)

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 Retinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
  2. FY2024 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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • arteriosclerotic retinopathy (H35.0-)
  • diabetic retinopathy (E08.3-, E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)

Code first

  • underlying disease, such as:
  • lipid storage disorders (E75.-)
  • sickle-cell disorders (D57.-)