Other corneal deformities

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:

H18.791 Other corneal deformities, right eye
H18.792 Other corneal deformities, left eye
H18.793 Other corneal deformities, bilateral
H18.799 Other corneal deformities, 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 Other corneal deformities

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.

Disorder > cornea > deformity
Irregular, irregularity > contour of cornea
Keratoglobus
Deformity > cornea > specified NEC

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H18.70	Unspecified corneal deformity	Valid
H18.71	Corneal ectasia	Not billable
H18.72	Corneal staphyloma	Not billable
H18.73	Descemetocele	Not billable