ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H15-H22 › H16.21 Exposure keratoconjunctivitis › H16.213
H16.213
Exposure keratoconjunctivitis, bilateral
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 Exposure keratoconjunctivitis, bilateral
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.
- Phlyctenulosis
- Phlyctenulosis > cornea
- Disorder > cornea > keratitis
- Lagophthalmos > keratoconjunctivitis
- Disorder > cornea > keratoconjunctivitis
- Opacity, opacities > cornea > inflammatory
- Disorder > eyelid > function > lagophthalmos
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > cornea
- Keratitis > superficial > with conjunctivitis
- Xerophthalmia > unrelated to vitamin A deficiency
- Keratoconjunctivitis > exposure
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H16.211 | Exposure keratoconjunctivitis, right eye | Valid |
| H16.212 | Exposure keratoconjunctivitis, left eye | Valid |
| H16.219 | Exposure keratoconjunctivitis, unspecified eye | Valid |