ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H10-H11 › H10 Conjunctivitis › H10.2

H10.2

Other acute conjunctivitis

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • H10.21 Acute toxic conjunctivitis (also a header)
  • H10.22 Pseudomembranous conjunctivitis (also a header)
  • H10.23 Serous conjunctivitis, except viral (also a header)

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other acute conjunctivitis

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from H10 Conjunctivitis

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • keratoconjunctivitis (H16.2-)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H10.0 Mucopurulent conjunctivitis Not billable
H10.1 Acute atopic conjunctivitis Not billable
H10.3 Unspecified acute conjunctivitis Not billable
H10.4 Chronic conjunctivitis Not billable
H10.5 Blepharoconjunctivitis Not billable
H10.8 Other conjunctivitis Not billable
H10.9 Unspecified conjunctivitis Valid