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Isolated hypoplasia of fovea centralis (disorder)
Isolated foveal hypoplasia
Isolated hypoplasia of fovea centralis
A rare macular disorder with characteristics mostly of a variable degree of decreased visual acuity, jerk or pendular nystagmus and typical ocular findings at imaging. The disease is usually bilateral. Rarely nystagmus can be absent. Locally the disease has characteristics of an underdeveloped foveal pit, absence of foveal pigmentation and/or foveal avascular zone and persistence of inner retinal layers at the fovea in absence of concomitant ocular or systemic pathology.
Id1231150005
StatusPrimitive
Associated morphologyHypoplasia
Finding siteStructure of fovea centralis
Pathological processPathological developmental process
ICD-10 complex map reference set
TargetH35.8
RuleTRUE
AdviceALWAYS H35.8 | POSSIBLE REQUIREMENT FOR ADDITIONAL CODE TO FULLY DESCRIBE DISEASE OR CONDITION
CorrelationSNOMED CT source code to target map code correlation not specified