H31.01
Macula scars of posterior pole (postinflammatory) (post-traumatic)
H31.01 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for macula scars of posterior pole (postinflammatory) (post-traumatic). Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are H31.011 Macula scars of posterior pole (postinflammatory) (post-traumatic), right eye; H31.012 Macula scars of posterior pole (postinflammatory) (post-traumatic), left eye; H31.013 Macula scars of posterior pole (postinflammatory) (post-traumatic), bilateral and H31.019 Macula scars of posterior pole (postinflammatory) (post-traumatic), unspecified eye. Its coding notes include 1 Excludes1 entry and 12 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
- postprocedural choriorentinal scar (H59.81-)
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (11 notes)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
- Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
Alphabetic Index terms
Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 1 entry
More specific codes under H31.01 4
- H31.011Macula scars of posterior pole (postinflammatory) (post-traumatic), right eyeBillable
- H31.012Macula scars of posterior pole (postinflammatory) (post-traumatic), left eyeBillable
- H31.013Macula scars of posterior pole (postinflammatory) (post-traumatic), bilateralBillable
- H31.019Macula scars of posterior pole (postinflammatory) (post-traumatic), unspecified eyeBillable