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H16.249

Ophthalmia nodosa, unspecified 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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Ophthalmia nodosa, 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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H16.241 Ophthalmia nodosa, right eye Valid
H16.242 Ophthalmia nodosa, left eye Valid
H16.243 Ophthalmia nodosa, bilateral Valid