H35.31

H35.31: Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H35.31 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for nonexudative age-related macular degeneration. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.

This code requires a 7th character

One of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to codes in subcategory H35.31 to designate the stage of the disease:

0: stage unspecified
1: early dry stage
2: intermediate dry stage
3: advanced atrophic without subfoveal involvement
4: advanced atrophic with subfoveal involvement

Inclusion terms

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

Atrophic age-related macular degeneration
Dry age-related macular degeneration

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above H35.31

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

Written on H35: Other retinal disorders

diabetic retinal disorders (E08.311-E08.359, E09.311-E09.359, E10.311-E10.359, E11.311-E11.359, E13.311-E13.359)

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 H35.31

4 child codes. Green means billable.