H36Retinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

H36 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for retinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere. It belongs to 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 1 subcodes must be used instead.

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: H36.8 (elsewhere).

Don't report H36 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: arteriosclerotic retinopathy (H35.0-) and diabetic retinopathy (E08.3-, E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-).

Code first underlying disease, such as: lipid storage disorders (E75.-) and sickle-cell disorders (D57.-).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015, and changed in FY2024 (expanded into subcodes).

Before ICD-10, this condition was coded in ICD-9-CM as 362.71 (retinal dystrophy in systemic or cerebroretinal lipidoses) and 362.72 (retinal dystrophy in other systemic disorders and syndromes).