Low-tension glaucoma, unspecified eye, severe stage

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Low-tension glaucoma, unspecified eye, severe stage

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
H40.1290	Low-tension glaucoma, unspecified eye, stage unspecified	Valid
H40.1291	Low-tension glaucoma, unspecified eye, mild stage	Valid
H40.1292	Low-tension glaucoma, unspecified eye, moderate stage	Valid
H40.1294	Low-tension glaucoma, unspecified eye, indeterminate stage	Valid