ICD-10-CM Codes
H00-H59 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
H30-H36 Disorders of choroid and retina
H30- Chorioretinal inflammation
2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H30.9

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H30.9

Unspecified chorioretinal inflammation

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Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

H30.9 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM H30.9 became effective on October 1, 2019.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H30.9 - other international versions of ICD-10 H30.9 may differ.

Applicable To

Chorioretinitis NOS
Choroiditis NOS
Neuroretinitis NOS
Retinitis NOS
Retinochoroiditis NOS

The following code(s) above H30.9 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
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that may be applicable to H30.9:

H00-H59
2020 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

Clinical Information

Inflammation of the choroid in which the sensory retina becomes edematous and opaque. The inflammatory cells and exudate may burst through the sensory retina to cloud the vitreous body.
Inflammation of the choroid in which the sensory retina becomes edematous and opaque; inflammatory cells and exudate may burst through the sensory retina to cloud the vitreous body.
Inflammation of the choroid, the membrane covering most of the posterior of the eye between the retina and sclera.
Inflammation of the choroid.
Inflammation of the retina.
Inflammation of the retina. It is rarely limited to the retina, but is commonly associated with diseases of the choroid (chorioretinitis) and of the optic disk (neuroretinitis).

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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to H30.9:

Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
- chorioretinal H30.9-

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H30.9

H30.81 Harada's disease

H30.811 …… right eye

H30.812 …… left eye

H30.813 …… bilateral

H30.819 …… unspecified eye

H30.89 Other chorioretinal inflammations

H30.891 …… right eye

H30.892 …… left eye

H30.893 …… bilateral

H30.899 …… unspecified eye

H30.9 Unspecified chorioretinal inflammation

H30.90 …… unspecified eye

H30.91 …… right eye

H30.92 …… left eye

H30.93 …… bilateral

H31 Other disorders of choroid

H31.0 Chorioretinal scars

H31.00 Unspecified chorioretinal scars

H31.001 …… right eye

H31.002 …… left eye

H31.003 …… bilateral

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

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H30.9

Unspecified chorioretinal inflammation

Diseases of the eye and adnexa