H33.2 — Serous retinal detachment
H33.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for serous retinal detachment. 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.
- central serous chorioretinopathy (H35.71-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Retinal detachment NOS
- Retinal detachment without retinal break
Other codes that can never be billed with H33.2
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at H33.2. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading H33.2 alone.
Risk adjustment
H33.2 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead H33.2
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H33. If H33.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about H33.2
- Is H33.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. H33.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does H33.2 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Disorders of choroid and retina (H30-H36).
- What cannot be coded together with H33.2?
- H33.2 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.