ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H15-H22 › H16.01 Central corneal ulcer › H16.019
H16.019
Central corneal ulcer, unspecified eye
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Central corneal ulcer, unspecified eye
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.
- Erosion > cornea
- Saemisch's ulcer
- Ulcus > serpens corneae
- Disorder > cornea > ulcer
- Keratitis > with ulceration
- Disorder > cornea > keratitis
- Xerosis > cornea > with ulceration
- Opacity, opacities > cornea > inflammatory
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > cornea
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > keratitis
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > cornea > central
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H16.011 | Central corneal ulcer, right eye | Valid |
| H16.012 | Central corneal ulcer, left eye | Valid |
| H16.013 | Central corneal ulcer, bilateral | Valid |