Glaucoma

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 9 more specific codes instead:

H40.0 Glaucoma suspect (also a header)
H40.1 Open-angle glaucoma (also a header)
H40.2 Primary angle-closure glaucoma (also a header)
H40.3 Glaucoma secondary to eye trauma (also a header)
H40.4 Glaucoma secondary to eye inflammation (also a header)
H40.5 Glaucoma secondary to other eye disorders (also a header)
H40.6 Glaucoma secondary to drugs (also a header)
H40.8 Other glaucoma (also a header)
H40.9 Unspecified glaucoma

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 Glaucoma

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

Excludes1 - never coded here

absolute glaucoma (H44.51-)
congenital glaucoma (Q15.0)
traumatic glaucoma due to birth injury (P15.3)