H33 — Retinal detachments and breaks
Not billable
Is H33 billable?
No — H33 is a non-billable header code. H33 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 60 billable codes beneath H33.
Billable codes under this header
- H33.8Other retinal detachments
- H33.20Serous retinal detachment, unspecified eye
- H33.21Serous retinal detachment, right eye
- H33.22Serous retinal detachment, left eye
- H33.23Serous retinal detachment, bilateral
- H33.40Traction detachment of retina, unspecified eye
- H33.41Traction detachment of retina, right eye
- H33.42Traction detachment of retina, left eye
- H33.43Traction detachment of retina, bilateral
- H33.001Unspecified retinal detachment with retinal break, right eye
- H33.002Unspecified retinal detachment with retinal break, left eye
- H33.003Unspecified retinal detachment with retinal break, bilateral
- H33.009Unspecified retinal detachment with retinal break, unspecified eye
- H33.011Retinal detachment with single break, right eye
- H33.012Retinal detachment with single break, left eye
- H33.013Retinal detachment with single break, bilateral
- H33.019Retinal detachment with single break, unspecified eye
- H33.021Retinal detachment with multiple breaks, right eye
- H33.022Retinal detachment with multiple breaks, left eye
- H33.023Retinal detachment with multiple breaks, bilateral
- H33.029Retinal detachment with multiple breaks, unspecified eye
- H33.031Retinal detachment with giant retinal tear, right eye
- H33.032Retinal detachment with giant retinal tear, left eye
- H33.033Retinal detachment with giant retinal tear, bilateral
- H33.039Retinal detachment with giant retinal tear, unspecified eye
- H33.041Retinal detachment with retinal dialysis, right eye
- H33.042Retinal detachment with retinal dialysis, left eye
- H33.043Retinal detachment with retinal dialysis, bilateral
- H33.049Retinal detachment with retinal dialysis, unspecified eye
- H33.051Total retinal detachment, right eye
- H33.052Total retinal detachment, left eye
- H33.053Total retinal detachment, bilateral
- H33.059Total retinal detachment, unspecified eye
- H33.101Unspecified retinoschisis, right eye
- H33.102Unspecified retinoschisis, left eye
- H33.103Unspecified retinoschisis, bilateral
- H33.109Unspecified retinoschisis, unspecified eye
- H33.111Cyst of ora serrata, right eye
- H33.112Cyst of ora serrata, left eye
- H33.113Cyst of ora serrata, bilateral
- H33.119Cyst of ora serrata, unspecified eye
- H33.121Parasitic cyst of retina, right eye
- H33.122Parasitic cyst of retina, left eye
- H33.123Parasitic cyst of retina, bilateral
- H33.129Parasitic cyst of retina, unspecified eye
- H33.191Other retinoschisis and retinal cysts, right eye
- H33.192Other retinoschisis and retinal cysts, left eye
- H33.193Other retinoschisis and retinal cysts, bilateral
- H33.199Other retinoschisis and retinal cysts, unspecified eye
- H33.301Unspecified retinal break, right eye
- H33.302Unspecified retinal break, left eye
- H33.303Unspecified retinal break, bilateral
- H33.309Unspecified retinal break, unspecified eye
- H33.311Horseshoe tear of retina without detachment, right eye
- H33.312Horseshoe tear of retina without detachment, left eye
- H33.313Horseshoe tear of retina without detachment, bilateral
- H33.319Horseshoe tear of retina without detachment, unspecified eye
- H33.321Round hole, right eye
- H33.322Round hole, left eye
- H33.323Round hole, bilateral
H33 at a glance
| Code | H33 |
|---|---|
| Description | Retinal detachments and breaks |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Excludes1 — never code together
The conditions below can never be reported together with H33 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 7
The conditions below are not part of H33, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H33 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 H33? (6)
How long has H33 existed?
H33 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.
Which codes are confused with H33?
ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with H33 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.