H35.4
ICD-10Non-billable categoryPeripheral retinal degeneration
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Peripheral retinal degeneration
H35.4 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- hereditary retinal degeneration (dystrophy) (H35.5-)
Excludes2
Not included here. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.
- peripheral retinal degeneration with retinal break (H33.3-)
ICD-10-CM FY2026 defines 7 codes beneath H35.4. See the ICD-10-CM index for what this site publishes.
Related codes in H35
- H35.0Background retinopathy and retinal vascular changescategory
- H35.1Retinopathy of prematuritycategory
- H35.2Other non-diabetic proliferative retinopathycategory
- H35.3Degeneration of macula and posterior polecategory
- H35.5Hereditary retinal dystrophycategory
- H35.6Retinal hemorrhagecategory
- H35.7Separation of retinal layerscategory
- H35.8Other specified retinal disorderscategory
- H35.9Unspecified retinal disorder
Where this code sits
- Parent code
- H35
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.