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H35.09 ICD-10-CM Code: Other intraretinal microvascular abnormalities

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Coding at a Glance

Tabular directives
1 inclusion term · 1 Excludes2 · 1 code-also instruction

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43, Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 124 — OTHER DISORDERS OF THE EYE WITH MCC OR THROMBOLYTIC AGENT (MDC 02)
  • MS-DRG 125 — OTHER DISORDERS OF THE EYE WITHOUT MCC (MDC 02)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for H35.09 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2026Effective: October 1, 2025

Notes without a marker are published on H35.09 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Retinal varices

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

Source: inherited from H35

Code Also

Additional codes that may be required to fully describe the encounter.

  • any associated hypertension (I10)

Source: inherited from H35.0

Coder workflow for H35.09

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Before you code H35.09

  1. “Other” (NEC) means the condition is specified in the record but no dedicated code captures it. Confirm the documented form is not one a sibling code names before settling on H35.09; if the record states no specifics at all, the unspecified sibling applies instead. “Other” codes are for documented conditions the classification gives no specific code; “unspecified” codes are for records lacking the detail (Guidelines I.A.9.a, I.A.9.b).

    ReviewH35.06, H35.07

    See the relationships section · Guide: Other vs unspecified (NEC vs NOS) →

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement
Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).
Any detail beyond this code’s title
What the record states that a more specific sibling code would capture — or its absence, which itself supports the unspecified code.

Official instructions as workflow

  • Excludes2 — not part of H35.09(1 note)

    Coding workflow: The conditions named in this note are not included in H35.09. When the record documents both, both may be reported; the note is a boundary, not a prohibition.

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.b

  • Code Also — related condition(1 note)

    Coding workflow: Review the related condition when both are documented and the instruction applies. A Code Also note does not fix sequencing; the order follows the circumstances of the encounter.

    ReviewI10

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.17

Every row is derived from this code’s own record — its title, tabular notes, 7th-character family and same-category siblings — with fixed MedCoder wording; nothing is inferred about a patient. The official notes and guideline text are in the sections each row links to, and they control.

Code Overview

Other intraretinal microvascular abnormalities is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (H35.09).

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Indexed Clinical Terms (2)

Official source data — entries quoted as published, in the Index’s own lookup phrasing

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code. These are alphabetic-index entries shown as the Index writes them — lookup phrasing, not necessarily the wording of a final diagnosis.

Official Coding Guidelines

Official source data — quoted verbatim from the CMS/NCHS Official Guidelines

Official source data — quoted verbatim from the CMS/NCHS Official Guidelines

Verbatim excerpts from the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (CMS/NCHS) that govern this code.

Chapter 9: Diseases of the Circulatory System (I00 -I99)

5) Hypertensive Retinopathy Subcategory H35.0, Background retinopathy and retinal vascular changes, should be used along with a code from categories I10 – I15, in the Hypertensive diseases section, to include the systemic hypertension. The sequencing is based on the reason for the encounter.

Verify Before Coding

  • No Medicare Code Editor or MS-DRG Definitions Manual restrictions apply to this code.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Relationships & Classification

MedCoder structured relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name H35.09 or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes and the CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

Referenced by 1 Excludes1 note: H36 — Retinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere (via H35.0.-).

These codes’ tabular lists mark this diagnosis as mutually exclusive — not reported together unless the conditions are documented as unrelated.

Referenced by 3 Excludes2 notes: I10 — Essential (primary) hypertension (via H35.0.-), I15 — Secondary hypertension (via H35.0.-), I86 — Varicose veins of other sites (via H35.0.-).

These codes’ tabular lists name this diagnosis as distinct — both may be reported when both are documented.

Referenced by 1 Index etiology/manifestation pair: I70.8 — Atherosclerosis of other arteries (via H35.0.-).

The ICD-10-CM Index lists these etiology codes with this code in brackets — the manifestation, reported second.

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2026)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

FY2026 MS-DRG: not on the CMS CC/MCC list — as a secondary diagnosis this code does not change MS-DRG severity for that release.

Named in the grouper logic of 2 MS-DRGs: DRG 124 (MDC 02), DRG 125 (MDC 02).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):EYE005 — Retinal and vitreous conditions (default).

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical category (Retinal and vitreous conditions).

+747 more

Same Index main term, other category

The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries files this code under the main term “Varix”; these codes share that main term but sit in a different category of the Tabular List.

I77.0 — Arteriovenous fistula, acquired (aneurysmal), I78.1 — Nevus, non-neoplastic (papillary), I83.0 — Varicose veins of lower extremities with ulcer (leg, with, ulcer), I83.001 — Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer of thigh (leg, with, ulcer, thigh), I83.002 — Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer of calf (leg, with, ulcer, calf), I83.003 — Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer of ankle (leg, with, ulcer, ankle), I83.004 — Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer of heel and midfoot (leg, with, ulcer, heel), I83.005 — Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer other part of foot (leg, with, ulcer, foot NEC), I83.008 — Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer other part of lower leg (leg, with, ulcer, lower leg NEC), I83.009 — Varicose veins of unspecified lower extremity with ulcer of unspecified site (ulcerated), I83.011 — Varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcer of thigh (leg, right, with, ulcer, thigh), I83.012 — Varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcer of calf (leg, right, with, ulcer, calf), I83.013 — Varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcer of ankle (leg, right, with, ulcer, ankle), I83.014 — Varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcer of heel and midfoot (leg, right, with, ulcer, heel), I83.015 — Varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcer other part of foot (leg, right, with, ulcer, foot NEC), I83.018 — Varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcer other part of lower leg (leg, right, with, ulcer, lower leg NEC), I83.019 — Varicose veins of right lower extremity with ulcer of unspecified site (leg, right, with, ulcer), I83.021 — Varicose veins of left lower extremity with ulcer of thigh (leg, left, with, ulcer, thigh), I83.022 — Varicose veins of left lower extremity with ulcer of calf (leg, left, with, ulcer, calf), I83.023 — Varicose veins of left lower extremity with ulcer of ankle (leg, left, with, ulcer, ankle), +60 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of H35.09 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Run H35.09 with these 4 related codes in Claim Check

Hierarchy

Referenced by Excludes1 notes

Referenced by Excludes2 notes

  • I10 — Essential (primary) hypertension[Excludes2](via H35.0.-): “essential (primary) hypertension involving vessels of eye (H35.0-)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026
  • I15 — Secondary hypertension[Excludes2](via H35.0.-): “secondary hypertension involving vessels of eye (H35.0-)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026
  • I86 — Varicose veins of other sites[Excludes2](via H35.0.-): “retinal varices (H35.0-)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026

Referenced by Index etiology/manifestation pairs

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MS-DRG Grouper

MDC crossing

  • MDC 02 — Diseases and Disorders of the Eye[MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Eye — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs. 1,200 same-MDC procedures group here; browse them on the MDC page.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2026

Index entries

  • Disorder (of), retina, microvascular abnormality NEC[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Varix (lower limb), retina[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026

Nearest codes (40)

Change history

  • FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger) · icd10cm-fy2016

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2026 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2025 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Coding guidelines Official source data
ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (FY2026), quoted by section Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v43.1 (April 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Inpatient payment groups Official source data
CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v43 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder explanation
Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

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MedCoder.ai. "H35.09 — Other intraretinal microvascular abnormalities." ICD-10-CM FY2026. https://medcoder.ai/icd10/code/h35.09-other-intraretinal-microvascular-abnormalities

Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Other intraretinal microvascular abnormalities

No changes since FY2016 — additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes are tracked through FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026), and none are recorded for this code. Note changes are tracked from FY2027 only.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to H35.09 in its code family, with their registry titles.

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