H35.31
Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration
H35.31 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for nonexudative age-related macular degeneration. 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 H35.311 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye; H35.312 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye; H35.313 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral and H35.319 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye. Its coding notes include 12 Excludes2 entries.
7th characters
Every code below needs one of these.
One of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to codes in subcategory H35.31 to designate the stage of the disease:
- 0stage unspecified
- 1early dry stage
- 2intermediate dry stage
- 3advanced atrophic without subfoveal involvement (advanced dry stage)
- 4advanced atrophic with subfoveal involvement
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)
Inclusion terms
Conditions classified to this code.
- Atrophic age-related macular degeneration
- Dry age-related macular degeneration
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. 3 entries
More specific codes under H35.31 4
- H35.311Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye7th char needed
- H35.312Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye7th char needed
- H35.313Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral7th char needed
- H35.319Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye7th char needed