ICD-10-CM Codes
H00-H59 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
H30-H36 Disorders of choroid and retina
H31- Other disorders of choroid
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H31.1

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H31.1

Choroidal degeneration

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

H31.1 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM H31.1 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H31.1 - other international versions of ICD-10 H31.1 may differ.

Type 2 Excludes

Type 2 Excludes Help

A type 2 excludes note represents "not included here". A type 2 excludes note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition it is excluded from but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When a type 2 excludes note appears under a code it is acceptable to use both the code (H31.1) and the excluded code together.

angioid streaks of macula (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H35.33
Angioid streaks of macula
H35.33
)

The following code(s) above H31.1 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 H31.1:

H00-H59
2021 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

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

Code annotations containing back-references to H31.1:

Type 1 Excludes: H35.5

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H35.5
Hereditary retinal dystrophy
Type 1 Excludes
- dystrophies primarily involving Bruch's membrane (H31.1-)

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H31.1

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

H31.109 Choroidal degeneration, unspecified, unspecified eye

H31.11 Age-related choroidal atrophy

H31.111 …… right eye

H31.112 …… left eye

H31.113 …… bilateral

H31.119 …… unspecified eye

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

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H31.1

Choroidal degeneration

Angioid streaks of macula

Diseases of the eye and adnexa

Hereditary retinal dystrophy