ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H15-H22 › H21.2 Degeneration of iris and ciliary body › H21.23
Degeneration of iris (pigmentary)
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 4 more specific codes instead:
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 Degeneration of iris (pigmentary)
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.
Inherited from H21 Other disorders of iris and ciliary body
Excludes2 - not included here
- sympathetic uveitis (H44.1-)
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.
- Translucency, iris
- Disorder > ciliary body
- Disorder > iris > degeneration
- Degeneration, degenerative > iris
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H21.21 | Degeneration of chamber angle | Not billable |
| H21.22 | Degeneration of ciliary body | Not billable |
| H21.24 | Degeneration of pupillary margin | Not billable |
| H21.25 | Iridoschisis | Not billable |
| H21.26 | Iris atrophy (essential) (progressive) | Not billable |
| H21.27 | Miotic pupillary cyst | Not billable |
| H21.29 | Other iris atrophy | Valid |