H35.9
Unspecified retinal disorder
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 9 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
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 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 5
Alongside this code 9 same parent — H35
H35.0 Background retinopathy and retinal vascular changes category 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
Additional references
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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.