ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H40-H42 › H40.14 Capsular glaucoma with... › H40.143
Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, bilateral
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:
- H40.1430 Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, bilateral, stage unspecified
- H40.1431 Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, bilateral, mild stage
- H40.1432 Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, bilateral, moderate stage
- H40.1433 Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, bilateral, severe stage
- H40.1434 Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, bilateral, 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 Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, bilateral
- FY2013 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 > capsular
- Glaucoma > noncongestive
- Glaucoma > nonobstructive
- Open, opening > angle with > glaucoma
- Glaucoma > with > pseudoexfoliation of lens
- Glaucoma > open angle > primary > capsular
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H40.141 | Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, right eye | Not billable |
| H40.142 | Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, left eye | Not billable |
| H40.149 | Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, unspecified eye | Not billable |