H30.149 Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy, unspecified eye

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applies from H30.1 Disseminated chorioretinal inflammation

Applicable to

• Disseminated chorioretinitis
• Disseminated choroiditis
• Disseminated retinitis
• Disseminated retinochoroiditis

Excludes2 (not included here)

• exudative retinopathy (H35.02-)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 124-125 in MDC 02.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 363.15 Disseminated retinitis and retinochoroiditis, pigment epitheliopathy (approximate)

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

• Unspecified code (laterality): Unspecified codes for which a more specific code identifying laterality (right, left, bilateral) exists within the same code family.

Nearby codes

• H30.139 Disseminated chorioretinal inflammation, generalized, unspecified eye
• H30.14 Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy
• H30.141 Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy, right eye
• H30.142 Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy, left eye
• H30.143 Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy, bilateral
• H30.149 Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy, unspecified eye (this code)
• H30.2 Posterior cyclitis
• H30.20 Posterior cyclitis, unspecified eye
• H30.21 Posterior cyclitis, right eye
• H30.22 Posterior cyclitis, left eye
• H30.23 Posterior cyclitis, bilateral