Diseases of the eye and adnexa - H00-H59
Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa (Accessory Structures) - Chapter H deals with eye-related disorders, including cataracts, glaucoma, and retinal disorders.
Chapter Notes
- Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
Type 2 Excludes
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)
Codes
- H00-H05 - Disorders of eyelid, lacrimal system and orbit
- H10-H11 - Disorders of conjunctiva
- H15-H22 - Disorders of sclera, cornea, iris and ciliary body
- H25-H28 - Disorders of lens
- H30-H36 - Disorders of choroid and retina
- H40-H42 - Glaucoma
- H43-H44 - Disorders of vitreous body and globe
- H46-H47 - Disorders of optic nerve and visual pathways
- H49-H52 - Disorders of ocular muscles, binocular movement, accommodation and refraction
- H53-H54 - Visual disturbances and blindness
- H55-H57 - Other disorders of eye and adnexa
- H59 - Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified