ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H40-H42 › H40.12 Low-tension glaucoma › H40.129
Low-tension glaucoma, unspecified 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.
Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:
- H40.1290 Low-tension glaucoma, unspecified eye, stage unspecified
- H40.1291 Low-tension glaucoma, unspecified eye, mild stage
- H40.1292 Low-tension glaucoma, unspecified eye, moderate stage
- H40.1293 Low-tension glaucoma, unspecified eye, severe stage
- H40.1294 Low-tension glaucoma, unspecified 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, unspecified 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 |
|---|---|---|
| H40.121 | Low-tension glaucoma, right eye | Not billable |
| H40.122 | Low-tension glaucoma, left eye | Not billable |
| H40.123 | Low-tension glaucoma, bilateral | Not billable |