H35.00
BillableUnspecified background retinopathy
Unspecified background retinopathy
Coding Notes
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal periodP04-P96
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseasesA00-B99
- •complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperiumO9A)O00
- •congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalitiesQ00-Q99
- •diabetes mellitus related eye conditions, , ,E09.3, E10.3, E11.3, E13.3
- •endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseasesE00-E88
- •injury (trauma) of eye and orbitS05
- •injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causesS00-T88
- •neoplasmsC00-D49
- •symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classifiedR00-R94
- •syphilis related eye disorders, , ,A50.01, A50.3, A51.43, A52.71
- •diabetic retinal disorders, , , ,E08.311-E08.359, E09.311-E09.359, E10.311-E10.359, E11.311-E11.359, E13.311-E13.359
Code Also
A second code may be required; sequencing depends on circumstances
Related Codes(8)
H35.01Changes in retinal vascular appearance
H35.02Exudative retinopathy
H35.03Hypertensive retinopathy
H35.04Retinal micro-aneurysms, unspecified
H35.05Retinal neovascularization, unspecified
H35.06Retinal vasculitis
H35.07Retinal telangiectasis
H35.09Other intraretinal microvascular abnormalities
Also Known As / Clinical Terms(143)
SNOMED CT
- Changes in retinal vascular appearance57534004
- Retinal vascular disorder57534004
- Renal retinopathy193357001
- Hereditary vitreoretinopathy232062002
- Familial aplasia of the vermis253175003
- Estrogen antagonist adverse reaction292246003
- Oestrogen antagonist adverse reaction292246003
- Adverse reaction to tamoxifen292248002
- Tamoxifen adverse reaction292248002
- Adverse reaction to thioridazine292396000
- Thioridazine adverse reaction292396000
- Trifluoperazine adverse reaction292399007
- Chelating agent adverse reaction292743007
- Desferrioxamine adverse reaction292745000
- Aminoquinoline antimalarial adverse reaction292849002
- Hydroxychloroquine adverse reaction292853000
- Adverse reaction to chloroquine292854006
- Chloroquine adverse reaction292854006
- Adverse reaction to quinine292858009
- Quinine adverse reaction292858009
- AAOOR - Acute annular occult outer retinopathy312929003
- AZOOR - Acute zonal occult outer retinopathy312929003
- Acute annular occult outer retinopathy312929003
- Acute local occult outer retinopathy312929003
- Acute zonal occult outer retinopathy312929003
- Chloroquine retinopathy312958000
- Desferrioxamine retinopathy312959008
- Quinine retinopathy312960003
- Tamoxifen retinopathy312961004
- Thioridazine retinopathy312962006
- Paraneoplastic retinopathy404663008
- Hydrochloroquine retinopathy424338005
- Hydroxychloroquine retinopathy424338005
- Cerebral small vessel disease443929000
- Small vessel cerebrovascular disease443929000
- Retinopathy caused by canthaxanthin716717005
- Joubert syndrome716997004
- Joubert syndrome with ocular defect716998009
- Joubert syndrome with retinopathy716998009
- Al Gazali Nair syndrome722110003
- Osteogenesis imperfecta, retinopathy, seizures, intellectual disability syndrome722110003
- Background retinopathy due to impaired glucose regulation723169001
- Autosomal recessive chorioretinopathy and microcephaly syndrome770404004
- Autosomal recessive chorioretinopathy, microcephaly, intellectual disability syndrome770404004
- RVCL - retinal vasculopathy cerebral leucoencephalopathy783787000
- RVCL - retinal vasculopathy cerebral leukoencephalopathy783787000
- RVCL-S - retinal vasculopathy, cerebral leucoencephalopathy, systemic manifestations783787000
- RVCL-S - retinal vasculopathy, cerebral leukoencephalopathy, systemic manifestations783787000
- Retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leucoencephalopathy and systemic manifestations783787000
- Retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leukoencephalopathy and systemic manifestations783787000
- Atherosclerotic retinopathy870346008
- Retinopathy due to atherosclerosis870346008
- Adverse reaction to Cinchona alkaloid870367008
- Cinchona alkaloid adverse reaction870367008
- Bilateral retinopathy15735281000119109
- Retinopathy of bilateral eyes15735281000119109
- Retinopathy of both eyes15735281000119109
- Bilateral retinopathy of eyes caused by hydroxychloroquine15921411000119106
- Retinopathy of bilateral eyes caused by hydroxychloroquine15921411000119106
- Retinopathy of both eyes caused by hydroxychloroquine15921411000119106
- Disorder of blood vessel of retina of left eye15735321000119104
- Vascular retinopathy of left eye15735321000119104
- Disorder of blood vessel of retina of right eye15735201000119101
- Vascular retinopathy of right eye15735201000119101
- Retinopathy caused by trifluoperazine133361000119101
- Retinopathy of left eye caused by hydroxychloroquine15735401000119100
- Retinopathy of right eye caused by hydroxychloroquine15735361000119109
- Vascular retinopathy of bilateral eyes450641000124101
- Vascular retinopathy of both eyes450641000124101
UMLS
Clinical Terms
- Vascular retinopathy of right eye
- Familial aplasia of the vermis
- Acute annular occult outer retinopathy
- Adverse reaction to Cinchona alkaloid
- Adverse reaction to tamoxifen
- Renal retinopathy
- Autosomal recessive chorioretinopathy and microcephaly syndrome
- Osteogenesis imperfecta, retinopathy, seizures, intellectual disability syndrome
- RVCL - retinal vasculopathy cerebral leukoencephalopathy
- Al Gazali Nair syndrome
- Joubert syndrome
- AZOOR - Acute zonal occult outer retinopathy
- Chloroquine adverse reaction
- Cerebral small vessel disease
- Disorder of blood vessel of retina of right eye
- Cinchona alkaloid adverse reaction
- Joubert syndrome with ocular defect
- Retinal vascular disorder
- Adverse reaction to quinine
- Disorder of blood vessel of retina of left eye
- Desferrioxamine adverse reaction
- Retinopathy background
- Hydroxychloroquine retinopathy
- Joubert syndrome with retinopathy
- Bilateral retinopathy of eyes caused by hydroxychloroquine
- Atherosclerotic retinopathy
- Chelating agent adverse reaction
- Estrogen antagonist adverse reaction
- Retinopathy of right eye caused by hydroxychloroquine
- Oestrogen antagonist adverse reaction
- Quinine adverse reaction
- RVCL-S - retinal vasculopathy, cerebral leucoencephalopathy, systemic manifestations
- Aminoquinoline antimalarial adverse reaction
- Hydroxychloroquine adverse reaction
- Thioridazine adverse reaction
- Autosomal recessive chorioretinopathy, microcephaly, intellectual disability syndrome
- Vascular retinopathy of bilateral eyes
- Acute zonal occult outer retinopathy
- Vascular retinopathy of left eye
- Trifluoperazine adverse reaction
- RVCL - retinal vasculopathy cerebral leucoencephalopathy
- Retinopathy caused by canthaxanthin
- Hereditary vitreoretinopathy
- Retinopathy caused by trifluoperazine
- Retinopathy of both eyes caused by hydroxychloroquine
- Tamoxifen retinopathy
- Retinopathy of bilateral eyes
- Bilateral retinopathy
- AAOOR - Acute annular occult outer retinopathy
- Adverse reaction to chloroquine
- Small vessel cerebrovascular disease
- Retinopathy due to atherosclerosis
- Desferrioxamine retinopathy
- Background retinopathy due to impaired glucose regulation
- Paraneoplastic retinopathy
- Retinopathy of bilateral eyes caused by hydroxychloroquine
- Retinopathy of left eye caused by hydroxychloroquine
- Retinopathy of both eyes
- Acute local occult outer retinopathy
- Vascular retinopathy of both eyes
- Quinine retinopathy
- Retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leucoencephalopathy and systemic manifestations
- Tamoxifen adverse reaction
- Thioridazine retinopathy
- Background retinopathy, unspecified
- Changes in retinal vascular appearance
- Hydrochloroquine retinopathy
- Adverse reaction to thioridazine
- Retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leukoencephalopathy and systemic manifestations
- Chloroquine retinopathy
- RVCL-S - retinal vasculopathy, cerebral leukoencephalopathy, systemic manifestations
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the ICD-10 code for unspecified background retinopathy?
The ICD-10-CM code for unspecified background retinopathy is H35.00. The full clinical description is "Unspecified background retinopathy". H35.00 is a billable/specific code that can be used on insurance claims and medical billing.
What does ICD-10 code H35.00 mean?
ICD-10-CM code H35.00 represents “Unspecified background retinopathy”. It is classified under Chapter 7: Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa and is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is H35.00 a billable code?
Yes, H35.00 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is H35.00 in?
H35.00 is in Chapter 7: Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa (codes H00-H59).
What SNOMED CT codes does H35.00 map to?
H35.00 maps to 40 SNOMED CT concepts: 312929003, 870367008, 292854006, 292858009, 292248002, and 35 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for H35.00?
H35.00 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0004608. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
How does H35.00 relate to ICF functioning codes?
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What is the ICD-11 equivalent of H35.00?
There is no direct ICD-11 mapping available for H35.00 in the WHO crosswalk tables. This may mean the concept is classified differently in ICD-11. Use the ICD-10 to ICD-11 converter to search for related codes.
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