Other specified disorders of cornea

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:

H18.891 Other specified disorders of cornea, right eye
H18.892 Other specified disorders of cornea, left eye
H18.893 Other specified disorders of cornea, bilateral
H18.899 Other specified disorders of cornea, 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 specified disorders of cornea

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.

Lump
Retained
Naga sore
Phagedena
Sloughing
Sphacelus
Veldt sore
Sore > Naga
Sore > veldt
Desert > sore
Mortification
Sore > desert
Pericellulitis
Sore > of skin
Sore > tropical
Meleney's > ulcer
Sloughing > ulcer
Necrosis, necrotic
Meleney's > gangrene
Phagedena > tropical
Barcoo disease or rot
Pemphigus > gangrenous
Cellulitis > gangrenous
Dropsy, dropsical > gangrenous
Gangrene, gangrenous > Meleney's
Lesion > ulcerated or ulcerative
Infection, infected, infective > skin > ulcer
Gangrene, gangrenous > progressive synergistic
Infection, infected, infective > local, skin > ulcer
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > chronic
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > trophic
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > atrophic
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > tropical
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > fistulous
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > Meleney's
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > sloughing
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > gangrenous
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > phagedenic
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > neurogenic NEC
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > unspecified site

Showing 40 of 51 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H18.81	Anesthesia and hypoesthesia of cornea	Not billable
H18.82	Corneal disorder due to contact lens	Not billable
H18.83	Recurrent erosion of cornea	Not billable