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H36 - Retinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

ICD-10-CM Chapter 7: Diseases of the eye and adnexa · H30-H36 Disorders of choroid and retina (H30-H36) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

H36 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 1 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom H36

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • arteriosclerotic retinopathy (H35.0-)
  • diabetic retinopathy (E08.3-, E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
Code FirstFrom H36

Sequence the underlying condition before this code.

  • underlying disease, such as:
  • lipid storage disorders (E75.-)
  • sickle-cell disorders (D57.-)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter H00-H59

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
  • syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)
NotesFrom Chapter H00-H59

Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition

More Specific Codes (1)

H36.8Other retinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere→