H35.44
Age-related reticular degeneration of retina
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 14 never code together
H35.4code
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
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 1
H00-H59chapter
Notes
- Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 6 same parent — H35.4
H35.40 Unspecified peripheral retinal degeneration H35.41 Lattice degeneration of retina category H35.42 Microcystoid degeneration of retina category H35.43 Paving stone degeneration of retina category H35.45 Secondary pigmentary degeneration category H35.46 Secondary vitreoretinal degeneration category
Subordinate codes 4
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