H33.0 — Retinal detachment with retinal break
Is H33.0 billable?
No — H33.0 is a non-billable header code. H33.0 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 24 billable codes beneath H33.0.
Billable codes under this header
- 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
H33.0 at a glance
| Code | H33.0 |
|---|---|
| Description | Retinal detachment with retinal break |
| 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 H33.0 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- serous retinal detachment (without retinal break) (H33.2-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to H33.0.
- Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from H33
The conditions below can never be reported together with H33.0 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 H33.0, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H33.0 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 H33.0? (6)
- H33.00Unspecified retinal detachment with retinal breaknot billable
- H33.01Retinal detachment with single breaknot billable
- H33.02Retinal detachment with multiple breaksnot billable
- H33.03Retinal detachment with giant retinal tearnot billable
- H33.04Retinal detachment with retinal dialysisnot billable
- H33.05Total retinal detachmentnot billable
How long has H33.0 existed?
H33.0 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.