H35.0
Background retinopathy and retinal vascular changes
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 12 never code together
H35code
Excludes2
- diabetic retinal disorders (E08.311-E08.359, E09.311-E09.359, E10.311-E10.359, E11.311-E11.359, E13.311-E13.359)E08.311-E08.359E09.311-E09.359E10.311-E10.359E11.311-E11.359E13.311-E13.359
H00-H59chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)E09.3-E10.3-E11.3-E13.3-
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)S05.-
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
- syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)A50.01A50.3-A51.43A52.71
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 2
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Alongside this code 9 same parent — H35
H35.1 Retinopathy of prematurity category H35.2 Other non-diabetic proliferative retinopathy category H35.3 Degeneration of macula and posterior pole category H35.4 Peripheral retinal degeneration category H35.5 Hereditary retinal dystrophy category H35.6 Retinal hemorrhage category H35.7 Separation of retinal layers category H35.8 Other specified retinal disorders category H35.9 Unspecified retinal disorder
Subordinate codes 9
H35.00 Unspecified background retinopathy H35.01 Changes in retinal vascular appearance H35.02 Exudative retinopathy H35.03 Hypertensive retinopathy H35.04 Retinal micro-aneurysms, unspecified H35.05 Retinal neovascularization, unspecified H35.06 Retinal vasculitis H35.07 Retinal telangiectasis H35.09 Other intraretinal microvascular abnormalities
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