FY2017
Effective from
- Added
Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY20170 — stage unspecified
1 — with active choroidal neovascularization
2 — with inactive choroidal neovascularization
3 — with inactive scar
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
Exudative 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
Wet age-related macular degeneration
One of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to codes in subcategory H35.32 to designate the stage of the disease:
0 — stage unspecified
1 — with active choroidal neovascularization
2 — with inactive choroidal neovascularization
3 — with inactive scar
H35.3220Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, stage unspecifiedBillable / specificH35.3221Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, with active choroidal neovascularizationBillable / specificH35.3222Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, with inactive choroidal neovascularizationBillable / specificH35.3223Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, with inactive scarBillable / specificOther entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.
| Code | Description | Category · further specificity required |
|---|---|---|
| H35.321 | Exudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye | Category · further specificity required |
| H35.323 | Exudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral | Category · further specificity required |
| H35.329 | Exudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye | Category · further specificity required |
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