Age-related macular degeneration

Definition

Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) is defined as an ocular disease leading to loss of central vision in the elderly, and characterised by primary and secondary damage of macular retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells, resulting in formation of drusen (deposits lying beneath the RPE), choroidal neovascularization (CNV), and atrophy of photoreceptors and choriocapillaris layer of the choroidea.

6 subordinate codes

• 9B75.00Early age-related macular degeneration
• 9B75.01Intermediate age-related macular degeneration
• 9B75.03Atrophic late-stage age-related macular degeneration
• 9B75.04Neovascular late-stage age-related macular degeneration
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified

Nearby in Macular disorders

• 9B75.1Non-traumatic macular hole
• 9B75.2Central serous chorioretinopathy
• 9B75.3Macular telangiectasia
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified