ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H40-H42 › H40.1 Open-angle glaucoma › H40.14

H40.14

Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens

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 4 more specific codes instead:

  • H40.141 Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, right eye (also a header)
  • H40.142 Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, left eye (also a header)
  • H40.143 Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, bilateral (also a header)
  • H40.149 Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, unspecified eye (also a header)

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H40.10 Unspecified open-angle glaucoma Not billable
H40.11 Primary open-angle glaucoma Not billable
H40.12 Low-tension glaucoma Not billable
H40.13 Pigmentary glaucoma Not billable
H40.15 Residual stage of open-angle glaucoma Not billable