ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H40-H42 › H40.11 Primary open-angle glaucoma › H40.11X0

No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.

Billable FY2016 only. In the code set FY2016 only, and removed after that.

Use instead:

• H40.1110 Primary open-angle glaucoma, right eye, stage unspecified stated for FY2016
• H40.1120 Primary open-angle glaucoma, left eye, stage unspecified stated for FY2016
• H40.1130 Primary open-angle glaucoma, bilateral, stage unspecified stated for FY2016
• H40.1190 Primary open-angle glaucoma, unspecified eye, stage unspecified stated for FY2016

What has happened to this code

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 H40 Glaucoma

Excludes1 - never coded here

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

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.

• Glaucoma > noncongestive
• Glaucoma > nonobstructive
• Open, opening > angle with > glaucoma
• Glaucoma > simple
• Glaucoma > simplex
• Glaucoma > open angle > primary

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H40.111	Primary open-angle glaucoma, right eye	Not billable
H40.112	Primary open-angle glaucoma, left eye	Not billable
H40.113	Primary open-angle glaucoma, bilateral	Not billable
H40.119	Primary open-angle glaucoma, unspecified eye	Not billable
H40.11X1	Primary open-angle glaucoma, mild stage	Retired
H40.11X2	Primary open-angle glaucoma, moderate stage	Retired
H40.11X3	Primary open-angle glaucoma, severe stage	Retired
H40.11X4	Primary open-angle glaucoma, indeterminate stage	Retired