H33.31

H33.31: Horseshoe tear of retina without detachment

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H33.31 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for horseshoe tear of retina without detachment. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Inclusion terms

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

Operculum of retina without detachment

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H33.31

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on H33.3: Retinal breaks without detachment

chorioretinal scars after surgery for detachment (H59.81-)

Written on H33: Retinal detachments and breaks

detachment of retinal pigment epithelium (H35.72-, H35.73-)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above H33.31

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on H33.3: Retinal breaks without detachment

peripheral retinal degeneration without break (H35.4-)

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 H33.31

4 child codes. Green means billable.