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H33.0

H33.0: Retinal detachment with retinal break

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H33.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for retinal detachment with retinal break. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • serous retinal detachment (without retinal break) (H33.2-)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H33.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on H33: Retinal detachments and breaks

Other codes that can never be billed with H33.0

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • H35.7Separation of retinal layers

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 H33.0

6 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under H33

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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