Corneal edema secondary to contact lens

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:

H18.211 Corneal edema secondary to contact lens, right eye
H18.212 Corneal edema secondary to contact lens, left eye
H18.213 Corneal edema secondary to contact lens, bilateral
H18.219 Corneal edema secondary to contact lens, 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 Corneal edema secondary to contact lens

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.

Pitted
Pitting
Lipedema
Retained
Retention > water
Disorder > cornea > edema
Infiltrate, infiltration > corneal
Disorder > cornea > due to contact lens > specified as edema
Edema, edematous > cornea > secondary > due to contact lens

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H18.20	Unspecified corneal edema	Valid
H18.22	Idiopathic corneal edema	Not billable
H18.23	Secondary corneal edema	Not billable