H31.1
H31.1: Choroidal degeneration
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H31.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for choroidal degeneration. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- angioid streaks of macula (H35.33)
Other codes that can never be billed with H31.1
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- H35.5Hereditary retinal dystrophy
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead H31.1
3 child codes. Green means billable.