ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H10-H11 › H11.2 Conjunctival scars › H11.21
Conjunctival adhesions and strands (localized)
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 4 more specific codes instead:
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 Conjunctival adhesions and strands (localized)
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-)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Adhesions, adhesive > conjunctiva
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H11.22 | Conjunctival granuloma | Not billable |
| H11.23 | Symblepharon | Not billable |
| H11.24 | Scarring of conjunctiva | Not billable |