Punctate keratitis, right eye

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Punctate keratitis, 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.

Leukoma
Nebula, cornea
Disorder > cornea > scar
Keloid, cheloid > cornea
Macula > cornea, corneal
Disorder > cornea > keratitis
Sclerosis, sclerotic > cornea
Scar, scarring > cornea > xerophthalmic
Opacity, opacities > cornea > inflammatory
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > cornea
Keratitis > punctate
Keratitis > punctata > leprosa

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H16.142	Punctate keratitis, left eye	Valid
H16.143	Punctate keratitis, bilateral	Valid
H16.149	Punctate keratitis, unspecified eye	Valid