Anterior corneal pigmentations

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:

H18.011 Anterior corneal pigmentations, right eye
H18.012 Anterior corneal pigmentations, left eye
H18.013 Anterior corneal pigmentations, bilateral
H18.019 Anterior corneal pigmentations, 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Anterior corneal pigmentations

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.

Hudson
Stähli's line
Line > Hudson's
Line > Stähli's
Hyperpigmentation
Chalcosis > cornea
Melanosis > cornea
Disorder > cornea > deposits
Pigmentation > limbus corneae
Deposit > cornea > pigmentation
Pigmentation > cornea

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H18.00	Unspecified corneal deposit	Not billable
H18.02	Argentous corneal deposits	Not billable
H18.03	Corneal deposits in metabolic disorders	Not billable
H18.04	Kayser-Fleischer ring	Not billable
H18.05	Posterior corneal pigmentations	Not billable
H18.06	Stromal corneal pigmentations	Not billable