ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H15-H22 › H16.03 Corneal ulcer with hypopyon › H16.031
H16.031
Corneal ulcer with hypopyon, right 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 Corneal ulcer with hypopyon, right 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
- 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 > hypopyon
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > keratitis
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > cornea > with hypopyon
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H16.032 | Corneal ulcer with hypopyon, left eye | Valid |
| H16.033 | Corneal ulcer with hypopyon, bilateral | Valid |
| H16.039 | Corneal ulcer with hypopyon, unspecified eye | Valid |