ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H40-H42 › H40.11 Primary open-angle glaucoma › H40.11X1
Primary open-angle glaucoma, mild stage
RetiredICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.
Use instead:
- H40.1111 Primary open-angle glaucoma, right eye, mild stage stated for FY2016
- H40.1121 Primary open-angle glaucoma, left eye, mild stage stated for FY2016
- H40.1131 Primary open-angle glaucoma, bilateral, mild stage stated for FY2016
- H40.1191 Primary open-angle glaucoma, unspecified eye, mild stage stated for FY2016
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 Primary open-angle glaucoma, mild stage
- FY2017 Removed from the code set
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 |
| H40.11X0 | Primary open-angle glaucoma, stage unspecified | 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 |