Scleral ectasia

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:

H15.841 Scleral ectasia, right eye
H15.842 Scleral ectasia, left eye
H15.843 Scleral ectasia, bilateral
H15.849 Scleral ectasia, 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Scleral ectasia

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.

Ectasia, ectasis > sclera
Sclerectasia

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H15.81	Equatorial staphyloma	Not billable
H15.82	Localized anterior staphyloma	Not billable
H15.83	Staphyloma posticum	Not billable
H15.85	Ring staphyloma	Not billable
H15.89	Other disorders of sclera	Valid