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H35.32

H35.32: Exudative age-related macular degeneration

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H35.32 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for exudative 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 H35.32 to designate the stage of the disease:

0
stage unspecified
1
with active choroidal neovascularization
2
with inactive choroidal neovascularization
3
with inactive scar

Inclusion terms

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

  • Wet age-related macular degeneration

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above H35.32

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

Written on H35: Other retinal disorders

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 H35.32

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under H35.3

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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