ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H15-H22 › H17.82 Peripheral opacity of cornea › H17.822
H17.822
Peripheral opacity of cornea, left eye
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 Peripheral opacity of cornea, left 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.
- Cheloid
- Leukoma
- Cicatrix
- Nebula, cornea
- Disorder > cornea > scar
- Keloid, cheloid > cornea
- Macula > cornea, corneal
- Sclerosis, sclerotic > cornea
- Scar, scarring > cornea > xerophthalmic
- Opacity, opacities > cornea > peripheral
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H17.821 | Peripheral opacity of cornea, right eye | Valid |
| H17.823 | Peripheral opacity of cornea, bilateral | Valid |
| H17.829 | Peripheral opacity of cornea, unspecified eye | Valid |