ICD-11 MMS 2026-01
Diabetic retinopathy
Description
A condition characterised as a disease of the retina (retinopathy) involving damage to the small blood vessels in the retina which is due to chronically high blood glucose levels in people with diabetes.
Coding note
Always assign an additional code for diabetes mellitus.
Exclusions from above levels
01 – Certain infectious or parasitic diseases05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases18 – Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
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19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period22 – Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes8A21.0 – Posterior cortical atrophy
Child codes
9B71.00 – Nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy9B71.01 – Proliferative diabetic retinopathy9B71.0Z – Diabetic retinopathy, unspecified whether nonproliferative or proliferative
Sibling codes
9B71.1 – Hypertensive retinopathy9B71.2 – Radiation retinopathy9B71.3 – Retinopathy of prematurity9B71.4 – Paraneoplastic retinopathy9B71.5 – Autoimmune retinopathy9B71.Y – Other specified retinopathy9B71.Z – Retinopathy, unspecified
Allowed postcoordination axes
Part of: 9B71: Retinopathy › 09: Diseases of the visual system
