ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H15-H22 › H16 Keratitis › H16.2

H16.2

Keratoconjunctivitis

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 8 more specific codes instead:

  • H16.20 Unspecified keratoconjunctivitis (also a header)
  • H16.21 Exposure keratoconjunctivitis (also a header)
  • H16.22 Keratoconjunctivitis sicca, not specified as Sjogren's (also a header)
  • H16.23 Neurotrophic keratoconjunctivitis (also a header)
  • H16.24 Ophthalmia nodosa (also a header)
  • H16.25 Phlyctenular keratoconjunctivitis (also a header)
  • H16.26 Vernal keratoconjunctivitis, with limbar and corneal involvement (also a header)
  • H16.29 Other keratoconjunctivitis (also a header)

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Keratoconjunctivitis

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H16.0 Corneal ulcer Not billable
H16.1 Other and unspecified superficial keratitis without conjunctivitis Not billable
H16.3 Interstitial and deep keratitis Not billable
H16.4 Corneal neovascularization Not billable
H16.8 Other keratitis Valid
H16.9 Unspecified keratitis Valid