ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H10-H11 › H11 Other disorders of conjunctiva › H11.0

H11.0

Pterygium of eye

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 7 more specific codes instead:

  • H11.00 Unspecified pterygium of eye (also a header)
  • H11.01 Amyloid pterygium (also a header)
  • H11.02 Central pterygium of eye (also a header)
  • H11.03 Double pterygium of eye (also a header)
  • H11.04 Peripheral pterygium of eye, stationary (also a header)
  • H11.05 Peripheral pterygium of eye, progressive (also a header)
  • H11.06 Recurrent pterygium of eye (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 Pterygium of eye

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 H11 Other disorders of conjunctiva

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • keratoconjunctivitis (H16.2-)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H11.1 Conjunctival degenerations and deposits Not billable
H11.2 Conjunctival scars Not billable
H11.3 Conjunctival hemorrhage Not billable
H11.4 Other conjunctival vascular disorders and cysts Not billable
H11.8 Other specified disorders of conjunctiva Not billable
H11.9 Unspecified disorder of conjunctiva Valid