Vogt-Koyanagi syndrome

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:

H20.821 Vogt-Koyanagi syndrome, right eye
H20.822 Vogt-Koyanagi syndrome, left eye
H20.823 Vogt-Koyanagi syndrome, bilateral
H20.829 Vogt-Koyanagi syndrome, 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 Vogt-Koyanagi syndrome

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
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > uveal tract NOS
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > chorioretinal > cyclitis
Vogt-Koyanagi syndrome
Syndrome > Vogt-Koyanagi
Iridocyclitis > Vogt-Koyanagi

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H20.81	Fuchs' heterochromic cyclitis	Not billable