ICD-10-CM Codes
H00-H59 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
H30-H36 Disorders of choroid and retina
H35- Other retinal disorders
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H35.12

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H35.12

Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 1

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

H35.12 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 H35.12 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H35.12 - other international versions of ICD-10 H35.12 may differ.

The following code(s) above H35.12 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 H35.12:

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
H35
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H35
Other retinal disorders
Type 2 Excludes
- diabetic retinal disorders (E08.311-E08.359, E09.311-E09.359, E10.311-E10.359, E11.311-E11.359, E13.311-E13.359)
Other retinal disorders

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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to H35.12:

Retinopathy (background) H35.00
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H35.00
Unspecified background retinopathy
- of prematurity H35.10-
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H35.10-
  Retinopathy of prematurity, unspecified
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
  Applicable To
  Retinopathy of prematurity NOS
  - stage 1 H35.12-

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H35.12

H35.10 Retinopathy of prematurity, unspecified

H35.101 …… right eye

H35.102 …… left eye

H35.103 …… bilateral

H35.109 …… unspecified eye

H35.11 Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 0

H35.111 …… right eye

H35.112 …… left eye

H35.113 …… bilateral

H35.119 …… unspecified eye

H35.12 Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 1

H35.121 …… right eye

H35.122 …… left eye

H35.123 …… bilateral

H35.129 …… unspecified eye

H35.13 Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 2

H35.131 …… right eye

H35.132 …… left eye

H35.133 …… bilateral

H35.139 …… unspecified eye

H35.14 Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 3

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 H35.12

Retinopathy of prematurity, stage 1

Diseases of the eye and adnexa

Other retinal disorders

Unspecified background retinopathy

Retinopathy of prematurity, unspecified