ICD-10-CM Codes
H00-H59 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
H30-H36 Disorders of choroid and retina
H31- Other disorders of choroid

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H31.029

Solar retinopathy, unspecified eye

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Billable/Specific Code

H31.029 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM H31.029 became effective on October 1, 2019.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H31.029 - other international versions of ICD-10 H31.029 may differ.

The following code(s) above H31.029 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

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Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
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that may be applicable to H31.029:

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
H31.0
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H31.0
Chorioretinal scars
Type 2 Excludes
- postsurgical chorioretinal scars (H59.81-)
Chorioretinal scars

Approximate Synonyms

Solar retinopathy

ICD-10-CM H31.029 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v37.0):

124 Other disorders of the eye with mcc
125 Other disorders of the eye without mcc

Convert H31.029 to ICD-9-CM

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

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H31.029

H31.009 …… unspecified eye

H31.01 Macula scars of posterior pole (postinflammatory) (post-traumatic)

H31.011 …… right eye

H31.012 …… left eye

H31.013 …… bilateral

H31.019 …… unspecified eye

H31.02 Solar retinopathy

H31.021 …… right eye

H31.022 …… left eye

H31.023 …… bilateral

H31.029 …… unspecified eye

H31.09 Other chorioretinal scars

H31.091 …… right eye

H31.092 …… left eye

H31.093 …… bilateral

H31.099 …… unspecified eye

H31.1 Choroidal degeneration

H31.10 Unspecified choroidal degeneration

H31.101 Choroidal degeneration, unspecified, right eye

H31.102 Choroidal degeneration, unspecified, left eye

H31.103 Choroidal degeneration, unspecified, 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 H31.029

Solar retinopathy, unspecified eye

Diseases of the eye and adnexa

Chorioretinal scars