ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H15-H22 › H16.07 Perforated corneal ulcer › H16.079
H16.079
Perforated 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 Perforated 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
- Disorder > cornea > ulcer
- Keratitis > with ulceration
- Disorder > cornea > keratitis
- Perforation, perforated > cornea
- Xerosis > cornea > with ulceration
- Opacity, opacities > cornea > inflammatory
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > cornea
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > keratitis
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > cornea > perforated
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H16.071 | Perforated corneal ulcer, right eye | Valid |
| H16.072 | Perforated corneal ulcer, left eye | Valid |
| H16.073 | Perforated corneal ulcer, bilateral | Valid |