H35.31
Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration
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.
7th character 5
0 stage unspecified
1 early dry stage
2 intermediate dry stage
3 advanced atrophic without subfoveal involvement
4 advanced atrophic with subfoveal involvement
Instructional notes 3
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 8 same parent — H35.3
H35.30 Unspecified macular degeneration H35.32 Exudative age-related macular degeneration category H35.33 Angioid streaks of macula H35.34 Macular cyst, hole, or pseudohole category H35.35 Cystoid macular degeneration category H35.36 Drusen (degenerative) of macula category H35.37 Puckering of macula category H35.38 Toxic maculopathy category
Subordinate codes 4
Medications 2
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