Unspecified background retinopathy
Billable / specific
H35.00 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Includes (from H35)
- Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from H35)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from H35)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from H35)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from H35)
- diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-) (from H35)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from H35)
- injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-) (from H35)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from H35)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from H35)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from H35)
- syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71) (from H35)
- diabetic retinal disorders (E08.311-E08.359, E09.311-E09.359, E10.311-E10.359, E11.311-E11.359, E13.311-E13.359) (from H35)
Code also
An additional code may be needed.
Also known as
- Retinopathy
- Sclerosis, sclerotic, retina
Parent code
- H35.0Background retinopathy and retinal vascular changesHeader
Related codes
- H35.01Changes in retinal vascular appearanceHeader
- H35.02Exudative retinopathyHeader
- H35.03Hypertensive retinopathyHeader
- H35.04Retinal micro-aneurysms, unspecifiedHeader
- H35.05Retinal neovascularization, unspecifiedHeader
- H35.06Retinal vasculitisHeader
- H35.07Retinal telangiectasisHeader
- H35.09Other intraretinal microvascular abnormalitiesBillable