ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H15-H22 › H18.05 Posterior corneal pigmentations › H18.051
H18.051
Posterior corneal pigmentations, right 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 Posterior corneal pigmentations, right 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.
- Hudson
- Stähli's line
- Line > Hudson's
- Line > Stähli's
- Hyperpigmentation
- Chalcosis > cornea
- Melanosis > cornea
- Spindle, Krukenberg's
- Krukenberg's > spindle
- Disorder > cornea > deposits
- Pigmentation > limbus corneae
- Deposit > cornea > pigmentation
- Pigmentation > cornea > posterior
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H18.052 | Posterior corneal pigmentations, left eye | Valid |
| H18.053 | Posterior corneal pigmentations, bilateral | Valid |
| H18.059 | Posterior corneal pigmentations, unspecified eye | Valid |