H36.82

Proliferative sickle-cell retinopathy

FY2027Chapter 7: Diseases of the eye and adnexa/H30–H36 Disorders of choroid and retina

Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.

H36.82 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for proliferative sickle-cell retinopathy. 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 H36.821 Proliferative sickle-cell retinopathy, right eye; H36.822 Proliferative sickle-cell retinopathy, left eye; H36.823 Proliferative sickle-cell retinopathy, bilateral and H36.829 Proliferative sickle-cell retinopathy, unspecified eye. Its coding notes include a Code first instruction, 2 Excludes1 entries and 11 Excludes2 entries.

Code first

If the underlying condition listed here is present and known, sequence it first.

Inherited from H36 Retinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
  • underlying disease, such as:
    • lipid storage disorders (E75.-)
    • sickle-cell disorders (D57.-)

Excludes1

Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.

Inherited from H36 Retinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

Also from chapter/block level (11 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 7 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
  • 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)
Inherited from Chapter 7 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
  • 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. 2 entries

More specific codes under H36.82 4