H36.82 — Proliferative sickle-cell retinopathy
Is H36.82 billable?
No — H36.82 is a non-billable header code. H36.82 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 4 billable codes beneath H36.82.
H36.82 at a glance
| Code | H36.82 |
|---|---|
| Description | Proliferative sickle-cell retinopathy |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
How is H36.82 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to H36.82. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Retinopathy › proliferative NEC › sickle-cell (background)
- Retinopathy › in › sickle-cell disorders › proliferative (background)
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from H36
The conditions below can never be reported together with H36.82 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
Code first — inherited from H36
The underlying condition below must be sequenced before H36.82. H36.82 describes a manifestation and cannot be the principal or first-listed diagnosis.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 7
The conditions below are not part of H36.82, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H36.82 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 H36.82? (4)
How long has H36.82 existed?
H36.82 first appears in FY2024.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.