ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H30-H36 › H36.82 Proliferative sickle-cell retinopathy › H36.829

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2024 onwards.

What has happened to this code

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.-)

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.

• Disorder > retina > retinopathy
• Vitreoretinopathy, proliferative
• Angiopathia, angiopathy > retinalis > proliferative
• Retinopathy > proliferative NEC > sickle-cell
• Retinopathy > in > sickle-cell disorders > proliferative

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H36.821	Proliferative sickle-cell retinopathy, right eye	Valid
H36.822	Proliferative sickle-cell retinopathy, left eye	Valid
H36.823	Proliferative sickle-cell retinopathy, bilateral	Valid