Other 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.

A category header for its whole life, FY2024 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

H36.81 Nonproliferative sickle-cell retinopathy (also a header)
H36.82 Proliferative sickle-cell retinopathy (also a header)
H36.89 Other retinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2024 to now.

FY2024 Added to the code set Other retinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

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 H36 Retinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

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.-)