H35.32 — Exudative age-related macular degeneration
Is H35.32 billable?
No — H35.32 is a non-billable header code. H35.32 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 16 billable codes beneath H35.32.
Billable codes under this header
- H35.3210Exudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, stage unspecified
- H35.3211Exudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, with active choroidal neovascularization
- H35.3212Exudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, with inactive choroidal neovascularization
- H35.3213Exudative age-related macular degeneration, right eye, with inactive scar
- H35.3220Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, stage unspecified
- H35.3221Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, with active choroidal neovascularization
- H35.3222Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, with inactive choroidal neovascularization
- H35.3223Exudative age-related macular degeneration, left eye, with inactive scar
- H35.3230Exudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, stage unspecified
- H35.3231Exudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, with active choroidal neovascularization
- H35.3232Exudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, with inactive choroidal neovascularization
- H35.3233Exudative age-related macular degeneration, bilateral, with inactive scar
- H35.3290Exudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, stage unspecified
- H35.3291Exudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, with active choroidal neovascularization
- H35.3292Exudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, with inactive choroidal neovascularization
- H35.3293Exudative age-related macular degeneration, unspecified eye, with inactive scar
H35.32 at a glance
| Code | H35.32 |
|---|---|
| Description | Exudative 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 H35.32 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to H35.32. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Kuhnt-Junius degeneration
- Degeneration, degenerative › Kuhnt-Junius
- Degeneration, degenerative › macula, macular › exudative
- Degeneration, degenerative › macula, macular › wet age-related
- Degeneration, degenerative › retina › Kuhnt-Junius
Inclusion terms
Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to H35.32.
- Wet age-related macular degeneration
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 7
The conditions below are not part of H35.32, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H35.32 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 H35.32, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H35.32 and the excluded code may both be reported.
What codes fall under H35.32? (4)
How long has H35.32 existed?
H35.32 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
- FY2018: H35.32 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
- H35.31Nonexudative 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