H35.321
H35.321 — Exudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMright
H35.321 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for exudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye. 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
Risk adjustment
H35.321 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 H35.321
4 child codes. Green means billable.
- H35.3210Exudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, stage unspecified
- H35.3211Exudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, with active choroidal neovascularization
- H35.3212Exudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, with inactive choroidal neovascularization
- H35.3213Exudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, with inactive scar
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H35.32. If H35.321 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about H35.321
- Is H35.321 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. H35.321 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does H35.321 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Disorders of choroid and retina (H30-H36).