ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H40-H42 › H40.149 Capsular glaucoma with... › H40.1492
Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, unspecified eye, moderate stage
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2013 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.
- FY2013 Added to the draft code set draft Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, unspecified eye, moderate 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 > 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 |
|---|---|---|
| H40.1490 | Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, unspecified eye, stage unspecified | Valid |
| H40.1491 | Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, unspecified eye, mild stage | Valid |
| H40.1493 | Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, unspecified eye, severe stage | Valid |
| H40.1494 | Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, unspecified eye, indeterminate stage | Valid |