H35.0
Header — not billableBackground retinopathy and retinal vascular changes
The ICD-10 code for background retinopathy and retinal vascular changes is H35.0.
H35.0 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 9 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Code also
Two codes may be needed to fully describe a condition, but unlike Code First/Use Additional Code, the sequencing order is not mandated by convention.
- any associated hypertension (I10)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under H35.0
- H35.00Unspecified background retinopathy
- H35.01Changes in retinal vascular appearancenon-billable header
- H35.02Exudative retinopathynon-billable header
- H35.03Hypertensive retinopathynon-billable header
- H35.04Retinal micro-aneurysms, unspecifiednon-billable header
- H35.05Retinal neovascularization, unspecifiednon-billable header
- H35.06Retinal vasculitisnon-billable header
- H35.07Retinal telangiectasisnon-billable header
- H35.09Other intraretinal microvascular abnormalities
Related codes in this category
- H35.1Retinopathy of prematuritynon-billable header
- H35.2Other non-diabetic proliferative retinopathynon-billable header
- H35.3Degeneration of macula and posterior polenon-billable header
- H35.4Peripheral retinal degenerationnon-billable header
- H35.5Hereditary retinal dystrophynon-billable header
- H35.6Retinal hemorrhagenon-billable header
- H35.7Separation of retinal layersnon-billable header
- H35.8Other specified retinal disordersnon-billable header
- H35.9Unspecified retinal disorder
- H35.0Background retinopathy and retinal vascular changesnon-billable header