Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, bilateral, 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 Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, bilateral, 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 > obstructive
Glaucoma > closed angle
Glaucoma > narrow angle
Glaucoma > angle-closure > chronic
Plateau iris syndrome > with glaucoma

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H40.2230	Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, bilateral, stage unspecified	Valid
H40.2231	Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, bilateral, mild stage	Valid
H40.2232	Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, bilateral, moderate stage	Valid
H40.2234	Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, bilateral, indeterminate stage	Valid