ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H40-H42 › H40.22 Chronic angle-closure glaucoma › H40.222

H40.222

Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, left 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.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:

  • H40.2220 Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, left eye, stage unspecified
  • H40.2221 Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, left eye, mild stage
  • H40.2222 Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, left eye, moderate stage
  • H40.2223 Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, left eye, severe stage
  • H40.2224 Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, left 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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, left eye
  2. FY2012 Removed from the draft draft
  3. 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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H40.221 Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, right eye Not billable
H40.223 Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, bilateral Not billable
H40.229 Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, unspecified eye Not billable