ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H15-H22 › H16.3 Interstitial and deep keratitis › H16.30
H16.30
Unspecified interstitial keratitis
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:
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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Unspecified interstitial keratitis
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
- Keratitis > parenchymatous
- Disorder > cornea > keratitis
- Sclerosis, sclerotic > cornea
- Scar, scarring > cornea > xerophthalmic
- Opacity, opacities > cornea > inflammatory
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > cornea
- Keratitis > interstitial
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H16.31 | Corneal abscess | Not billable |
| H16.32 | Diffuse interstitial keratitis | Not billable |
| H16.33 | Sclerosing keratitis | Not billable |
| H16.39 | Other interstitial and deep keratitis | Not billable |