H35.31 — Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration
Is H35.31 billable?
No — H35.31 is a non-billable header code. H35.31 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 H35.31.
Billable codes under this header
- H35.3110Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, stage unspecified
- H35.3111Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, early dry stage
- H35.3112Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, intermediate dry stage
- H35.3113Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, advanced atrophic without subfoveal involvement
- H35.3114Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, advanced atrophic with subfoveal involvement
- H35.3120Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, stage unspecified
- H35.3121Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, early dry stage
- H35.3122Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, intermediate dry stage
- H35.3123Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, advanced atrophic without subfoveal involvement
- H35.3124Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, advanced atrophic with subfoveal involvement
- H35.3130Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, stage unspecified
- H35.3131Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, early dry stage
- H35.3132Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, intermediate dry stage
- H35.3133Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, advanced atrophic without subfoveal involvement
- H35.3134Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, advanced atrophic with subfoveal involvement
- H35.3190Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, stage unspecified
- H35.3191Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, early dry stage
- H35.3192Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, intermediate dry stage
- H35.3193Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, advanced atrophic without subfoveal involvement
- H35.3194Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, advanced atrophic with subfoveal involvement
H35.31 at a glance
| Code | H35.31 |
|---|---|
| Description | Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
How is H35.31 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to H35.31. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Degeneration, degenerative › macula, macular › atrophic age-related
- Degeneration, degenerative › macula, macular › dry age-related
- Degeneration, degenerative › macula, macular › nonexudative
Inclusion terms
Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to H35.31.
- Atrophic age-related macular degeneration
- Dry age-related macular degeneration
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 7
The conditions below are not part of H35.31, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H35.31 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 H35
The conditions below are not part of H35.31, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H35.31 and the excluded code may both be reported.
What codes fall under H35.31? (4)
- H35.311Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, right eyenot billable
- H35.312Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, left eyenot billable
- H35.313Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateralnot billable
- H35.319Nonexudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eyenot billable
How long has H35.31 existed?
H35.31 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
- FY2018: H35.31 stopped being billable
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
What other codes are in the H35.3 family? (8)
- H35.30Unspecified macular degeneration
- H35.32Exudative age-related macular degenerationnot billable
- H35.33Angioid streaks of macula
- H35.34Macular cyst, hole, or pseudoholenot billable
- H35.35Cystoid macular degenerationnot billable
- H35.36Drusen (degenerative) of maculanot billable
- H35.37Puckering of maculanot billable
- H35.38Toxic maculopathynot billable