Background retinopathy and retinal vascular changes

International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2024-01

Background retinopathy is the earliest visible change to the retina in diabetes, characterised by some retinal vascular changes, e.g. the capillaries in the retina may become blocked, they may bulge slightly (microaneurysm) and may leak blood or fluid.

sections/codes in this section (9B78.1-9B78.1)

• Changes in retinal vascular appearance  (9B78.10)
• Exudative retinopathy  (9B78.11)
• Retinal vasculitis  (9B78.12)
• Retinal telangiectasis  (9B78.13)
• Other specified background retinopathy and retinal vascular changes  (9B78.1Y)
• Background retinopathy and retinal vascular changes, unspecified  (9B78.1Z)

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