H33.3Retinal breaks without detachment

H33.3 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for retinal breaks without detachment. It belongs to category H33 (retinal detachments and breaks), block H30-H36 (disorders of choroid and retina) and chapter 7 (diseases of the eye and adnexa). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 4 subcodes must be used instead.

Within H33, choose H33.3 (Retinal breaks without detachment) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: retinal detachment with retinal break (H33.0), retinoschisis and retinal cysts (H33.1), serous retinal detachment (H33.2), traction detachment of retina (H33.4) and other retinal detachments (H33.8).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: H33.30 (break), H33.31 (detachment), H33.32 (detachment) and H33.33 (detachment).

Don't report H33.3 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: chorioretinal scars after surgery for detachment (H59.81-).

The conditions in its Excludes2 note aren't part of H33.3, but may be coded alongside it if the patient has both: peripheral retinal degeneration without break (H35.4-).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.