Vitreous hemorrhage

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, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

H43.10 Vitreous hemorrhage, unspecified eye
H43.11 Vitreous hemorrhage, right eye
H43.12 Vitreous hemorrhage, left eye
H43.13 Vitreous hemorrhage, bilateral

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 Vitreous hemorrhage

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.

Hematoma > vitreous
Disorder > vitreous body > hemorrhage
Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > vitreous

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H43.0	Vitreous prolapse	Not billable
H43.2	Crystalline deposits in vitreous body	Not billable
H43.3	Other vitreous opacities	Not billable
H43.8	Other disorders of vitreous body	Not billable
H43.9	Unspecified disorder of vitreous body	Valid