ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H15-H22 › H18.4 Corneal degeneration › H18.45

H18.45

Nodular corneal degeneration

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:

  • H18.451 Nodular corneal degeneration, right eye
  • H18.452 Nodular corneal degeneration, left eye
  • H18.453 Nodular corneal degeneration, bilateral
  • H18.459 Nodular corneal degeneration, 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 Nodular corneal degeneration

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
H18.40 Unspecified corneal degeneration Valid
H18.41 Arcus senilis Not billable
H18.42 Band keratopathy Not billable
H18.43 Other calcerous corneal degeneration Valid
H18.44 Keratomalacia Not billable
H18.46 Peripheral corneal degeneration Not billable
H18.49 Other corneal degeneration Valid