Posterior dislocation of lens

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:

H27.131 Posterior dislocation of lens, right eye
H27.132 Posterior dislocation of lens, left eye
H27.133 Posterior dislocation of lens, bilateral
H27.139 Posterior dislocation of lens, 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 Posterior dislocation of lens

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 H27 Other disorders of lens

Excludes1 - never coded here

congenital lens malformations (Q12.-)
mechanical complications of intraocular lens implant (T85.2)
pseudophakia (Z96.1)

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.

Change > joint
Mushrooming hip
Change > hip joint
Dislocation > partial
Derangement > shoulder
Dislocation > incomplete
Disorder > lens > dislocation
Disorder > joint > derangement
Dislocation > vertebra > partial
Dislocation > lens > posterior

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H27.10	Unspecified dislocation of lens	Valid
H27.11	Subluxation of lens	Not billable
H27.12	Anterior dislocation of lens	Not billable