ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H10-H11 › H10 Conjunctivitis › H10.4
H10.4
Chronic 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.
Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:
- H10.40 Unspecified chronic conjunctivitis (also a header)
- H10.41 Chronic giant papillary conjunctivitis (also a header)
- H10.42 Simple chronic conjunctivitis (also a header)
- H10.43 Chronic follicular conjunctivitis (also a header)
- H10.44 Vernal conjunctivitis
- H10.45 Other chronic allergic conjunctivitis
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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Chronic 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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H10.0 | Mucopurulent conjunctivitis | Not billable |
| H10.1 | Acute atopic conjunctivitis | Not billable |
| H10.2 | Other acute conjunctivitis | Not billable |
| H10.3 | Unspecified acute conjunctivitis | Not billable |
| H10.5 | Blepharoconjunctivitis | Not billable |
| H10.8 | Other conjunctivitis | Not billable |
| H10.9 | Unspecified conjunctivitis | Valid |