ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H15-H22 › H16.3 Interstitial and deep keratitis › H16.39

H16.39

Other interstitial and deep 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.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

  • H16.391 Other interstitial and deep keratitis, right eye
  • H16.392 Other interstitial and deep keratitis, left eye
  • H16.393 Other interstitial and deep keratitis, bilateral
  • H16.399 Other interstitial and deep keratitis, unspecified eye

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 Other interstitial and deep 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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H16.30 Unspecified interstitial keratitis Not billable
H16.31 Corneal abscess Not billable
H16.32 Diffuse interstitial keratitis Not billable
H16.33 Sclerosing keratitis Not billable