Effective from
- Added
Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY20170 — stage unspecified
1 — early dry stage
2 — intermediate dry stage
3 — advanced atrophic without subfoveal involvement
4 — advanced atrophic with subfoveal involvement
For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.
Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.
Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗First observed · 2016-10-01
Latest recorded change · FY2017
Effective from
Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2017| All editions | Effective from | Code history |
|---|---|---|
| FY2017 | 2016-10-01 | Added |
| FY2018 | 2017-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2019 | 2018-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2020 | 2019-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2020 · April | 2020-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 | 2020-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 · 01-01 | 2021-01-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 | 2021-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 · 04-01 | 2022-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 | 2022-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 · 04-01 | 2023-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 | 2023-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 · 04-01 | 2024-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 | 2024-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 · 04-01 | 2025-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 | 2025-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 · April | 2026-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2027 | 2026-10-01 | No tabular change |
The official Tabular List has no additional instructions at this code level.
Review the instructions inherited from its parent categories below. Inherited instructions ↓
Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
One of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to codes in subcategory H35.31 to designate the stage of the disease:
0 — stage unspecified
1 — early dry stage
2 — intermediate dry stage
3 — advanced atrophic without subfoveal involvement
4 — advanced atrophic with subfoveal involvement
H35.3120Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, stage unspecifiedBillable / specificH35.3121Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, early dry stageBillable / specificH35.3122Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, intermediate dry stageBillable / specificH35.3123Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, advanced atrophic without subfoveal involvementBillable / specificH35.3124Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, advanced atrophic with subfoveal involvementBillable / specificOther entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.
| Code | Description | Category · further specificity required |
|---|---|---|
| H35.311 | Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye | Category · further specificity required |
| H35.313 | Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral | Category · further specificity required |
| H35.319 | Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye | Category · further specificity required |
Official titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗