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

2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H35.21

Other non-diabetic proliferative retinopathy, right eye

2016

2017

2018

Billable/Specific Code

H35.21 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2018 edition of ICD-10-CM H35.21 became effective on October 1, 2017.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H35.21 - other international versions of ICD-10 H35.21 may differ.

The following code(s) above H35.21 contain annotation back-references

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Code Also annotations, or
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that may be applicable to H35.21:

H00-H59
2018 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
H35.2
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H35.2
Other non-diabetic proliferative retinopathy
Applicable To
- Proliferative vitreo-retinopathy
Type 1 Excludes
- proliferative vitreo-retinopathy with retinal detachment (H33.4-)
Other non-diabetic proliferative retinopathy

Approximate Synonyms

Non-diabetic proliferative retinopathy of right eye
R proliferative retinopathy, nondiabetic
Right proliferative vitreoretinopathy
Right proliferative vitreoretinopathy (eye condition)

ICD-10-CM H35.21 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v35.0):

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

Convert H35.21 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

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H35.21

H35.162 …… left eye

H35.163 …… bilateral

H35.169 …… unspecified eye

H35.17 Retrolental fibroplasia

H35.171 …… right eye

H35.172 …… left eye

H35.173 …… bilateral

H35.179 …… unspecified eye

H35.2 Other non-diabetic proliferative retinopathy

H35.20 …… unspecified eye

H35.21 …… right eye

H35.22 …… left eye

H35.23 …… bilateral

H35.3 Degeneration of macula and posterior pole

H35.30 Unspecified macular degeneration

H35.31 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration

H35.311 Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye

H35.3110 …… stage unspecified

H35.3111 …… early dry stage

H35.3112 …… intermediate dry stage

H35.3113 …… advanced atrophic without subfoveal involvement

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