ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H15-H22 › H15.8 Other disorders of sclera › H15.82

H15.82

Localized anterior staphyloma

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 4 more specific codes instead:

  • H15.821 Localized anterior staphyloma, right eye
  • H15.822 Localized anterior staphyloma, left eye
  • H15.823 Localized anterior staphyloma, bilateral
  • H15.829 Localized anterior staphyloma, unspecified eye

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 Localized anterior staphyloma

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H15.81 Equatorial staphyloma Not billable
H15.83 Staphyloma posticum Not billable
H15.84 Scleral ectasia Not billable
H15.85 Ring staphyloma Not billable
H15.89 Other disorders of sclera Valid