ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H15-H22 › H18 Other disorders of cornea › H18.5
H18.5
Hereditary corneal dystrophies
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 7 more specific codes instead:
- H18.50 Unspecified hereditary corneal dystrophies (also a header)
- H18.51 Endothelial corneal dystrophy (also a header)
- H18.52 Epithelial (juvenile) corneal dystrophy (also a header)
- H18.53 Granular corneal dystrophy (also a header)
- H18.54 Lattice corneal dystrophy (also a header)
- H18.55 Macular corneal dystrophy (also a header)
- H18.59 Other hereditary corneal dystrophies (also a header)
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 Hereditary corneal dystrophies
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H18.0 | Corneal pigmentations and deposits | Not billable |
| H18.1 | Bullous keratopathy | Not billable |
| H18.2 | Other and unspecified corneal edema | Not billable |
| H18.3 | Changes of corneal membranes | Not billable |
| H18.4 | Corneal degeneration | Not billable |
| H18.6 | Keratoconus | Not billable |
| H18.7 | Other and unspecified corneal deformities | Not billable |
| H18.8 | Other specified disorders of cornea | Not billable |
| H18.9 | Unspecified disorder of cornea | Valid |