Low-tension glaucoma, right eye

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 5 more specific codes instead:

H40.1210 Low-tension glaucoma, right eye, stage unspecified
H40.1211 Low-tension glaucoma, right eye, mild stage
H40.1212 Low-tension glaucoma, right eye, moderate stage
H40.1213 Low-tension glaucoma, right eye, severe stage
H40.1214 Low-tension glaucoma, right eye, indeterminate stage

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Low-tension glaucoma, right eye
FY2012 Removed from the draft draft
FY2014 Returned to the draft draft

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 > low tension
Glaucoma > noncongestive
Glaucoma > nonobstructive
Open, opening > angle with > glaucoma
Glaucoma > open angle > primary > low-tension

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H40.122	Low-tension glaucoma, left eye	Not billable
H40.123	Low-tension glaucoma, bilateral	Not billable
H40.129	Low-tension glaucoma, unspecified eye	Not billable