H30.109 — Unspecified disseminated chorioretinal inflammation, unspecified eye
Is H30.109 billable?
Yes, but H30.109 will trip a Medicare edit. H30.109 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. However, CMS lists H30.109 under Medicare Code Editor edit 20, “Unspecified code” — meaning a code specifying laterality (right, left or bilateral) exists in the same family. On an inpatient claim this triggers the edit, because CMS holds that there are very limited circumstances in which laterality cannot be documented.
H30.109 at a glance
| Code | H30.109 |
|---|---|
| Description | Unspecified disseminated chorioretinal inflammation, unspecified eye |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
What Medicare edits apply to H30.109?
The Medicare Code Editor screens inpatient claims before they are grouped. These edits name H30.109 directly.
A code specifying laterality (right, left or bilateral) exists in the same family. CMS holds that there are very limited circumstances in which laterality cannot be documented.
Which MS-DRGs does H30.109 group to?
H30.109 sits in MDC 02 and helps define the logic of 2 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 124Other Disorders of the Eye with MCC or Thrombolytic Agentmedical
- 125Other Disorders of the Eye without MCCmedical
As a secondary diagnosis, H30.109 is a complication or comorbidity (CC), which can move a stay into a higher-paying DRG.
How is H30.109 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
The Alphabetic Index lists these routes under H30.10, the nearest indexed parent of H30.109. Use them to find the family, then select the specific code.
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory › chorioretinal › disseminated (with exudation)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 7
The conditions below are not part of H30.109, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H30.109 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)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from H30.1
The conditions below are not part of H30.109, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H30.109 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- exudative retinopathy (H35.02-)
How long has H30.109 existed?
H30.109 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.