Other disorders of iris and ciliary body

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 8 more specific codes instead:

H21.0 Hyphema (also a header)
H21.1 Other vascular disorders of iris and ciliary body (also a header)
H21.2 Degeneration of iris and ciliary body (also a header)
H21.3 Cyst of iris, ciliary body and anterior chamber (also a header)
H21.4 Pupillary membranes (also a header)
H21.5 Other and unspecified adhesions and disruptions of iris and ciliary body (also a header)
H21.8 Other specified disorders of iris and ciliary body (also a header)
H21.9 Unspecified disorder of iris and ciliary body

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 disorders of iris and ciliary body

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Excludes2 - not included here

sympathetic uveitis (H44.1-)