ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H15-H22 › H20 Iridocyclitis › H20.0
H20.0
Acute and subacute iridocyclitis
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 6 more specific codes instead:
- H20.00 Unspecified acute and subacute iridocyclitis
- H20.01 Primary iridocyclitis (also a header)
- H20.02 Recurrent acute iridocyclitis (also a header)
- H20.03 Secondary infectious iridocyclitis (also a header)
- H20.04 Secondary noninfectious iridocyclitis (also a header)
- H20.05 Hypopyon (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 Acute and subacute iridocyclitis
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.
- Iritis
- Uveitis
- Cyclitis
- Keratoiritis
- Pars planitis
- Uveokeratitis
- Kerato-uveitis
- Uveitis > acute
- Iridocyclitis > subacute
- Fibrin > chamber, anterior
- Iridocyclitis > nongranulomatous
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > uveal tract NOS
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > chorioretinal > cyclitis
- Iridocyclitis > acute
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H20.1 | Chronic iridocyclitis | Not billable |
| H20.2 | Lens-induced iridocyclitis | Not billable |
| H20.8 | Other iridocyclitis | Not billable |
| H20.9 | Unspecified iridocyclitis | Valid |