2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H43.81

Vitreous degeneration

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
  • H43.81 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
  • The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM H43.81 became effective on October 1, 2023.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H43.81 - other international versions of ICD-10 H43.81 may differ.
Applicable To
  • Vitreous detachment
The following code(s) above H43.81 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
  • Applicable To annotations, or
  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
  • Excludes2 annotations, or
  • Includes annotations, or
  • Note annotations, or
  • Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to H43.81:
  • H00-H59
    2024 ICD-10-CM Range H00-H59

    Diseases of the eye and adnexa

    Note
    • Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
    Type 2 Excludes
    • 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)
    Diseases of the eye and adnexa
  • H43.8
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H43.8

    Other disorders of vitreous body

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Type 1 Excludes
    • proliferative vitreo-retinopathy with retinal detachment (H33.4-)
    Type 2 Excludes
    Other disorders of vitreous body
Clinical Information
  • Detachment of the corpus vitreum (vitreous body) from its normal attachments, especially the retina, due to shrinkage from degenerative or inflammatory conditions, trauma, myopia, or senility.
Code History
  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
  • 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to H43.81:

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H43.81
H43.311 …… right eye
H43.312 …… left eye
H43.313 …… bilateral
H43.319 …… unspecified eye
H43.39 Other vitreous opacities
H43.391 …… right eye
H43.392 …… left eye
H43.393 …… bilateral
H43.399 …… unspecified eye
H43.8 Other disorders of vitreous body
H43.81 Vitreous degeneration
H43.811 …… right eye
H43.812 …… left eye
H43.813 …… bilateral
H43.819 …… unspecified eye
H43.82 Vitreomacular adhesion
H43.821 …… right eye
H43.822 …… left eye
H43.823 …… bilateral
H43.829 …… unspecified eye
H43.89 Other disorders of vitreous body

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.