H30.0 — Focal chorioretinal inflammation
Not billable
Is H30.0 billable?
No — H30.0 is a non-billable header code. H30.0 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 20 billable codes beneath H30.0.
Billable codes under this header
- H30.001Unspecified focal chorioretinal inflammation, right eye
- H30.002Unspecified focal chorioretinal inflammation, left eye
- H30.003Unspecified focal chorioretinal inflammation, bilateral
- H30.009Unspecified focal chorioretinal inflammation, unspecified eye
- H30.011Focal chorioretinal inflammation, juxtapapillary, right eye
- H30.012Focal chorioretinal inflammation, juxtapapillary, left eye
- H30.013Focal chorioretinal inflammation, juxtapapillary, bilateral
- H30.019Focal chorioretinal inflammation, juxtapapillary, unspecified eye
- H30.021Focal chorioretinal inflammation of posterior pole, right eye
- H30.022Focal chorioretinal inflammation of posterior pole, left eye
- H30.023Focal chorioretinal inflammation of posterior pole, bilateral
- H30.029Focal chorioretinal inflammation of posterior pole, unspecified eye
- H30.031Focal chorioretinal inflammation, peripheral, right eye
- H30.032Focal chorioretinal inflammation, peripheral, left eye
- H30.033Focal chorioretinal inflammation, peripheral, bilateral
- H30.039Focal chorioretinal inflammation, peripheral, unspecified eye
- H30.041Focal chorioretinal inflammation, macular or paramacular, right eye
- H30.042Focal chorioretinal inflammation, macular or paramacular, left eye
- H30.043Focal chorioretinal inflammation, macular or paramacular, bilateral
- H30.049Focal chorioretinal inflammation, macular or paramacular, unspecified eye
H30.0 at a glance
| Code | H30.0 |
|---|---|
| Description | Focal chorioretinal inflammation |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Inclusion terms
Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to H30.0.
- Focal chorioretinitis
- Focal choroiditis
- Focal retinitis
- Focal retinochoroiditis
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 7
The conditions below are not part of H30.0, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H30.0 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- 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)
What codes fall under H30.0? (5)
- H30.00Unspecified focal chorioretinal inflammationnot billable
- H30.01Focal chorioretinal inflammation, juxtapapillarynot billable
- H30.02Focal chorioretinal inflammation of posterior polenot billable
- H30.03Focal chorioretinal inflammation, peripheralnot billable
- H30.04Focal chorioretinal inflammation, macular or paramacularnot billable
How long has H30.0 existed?
H30.0 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.