ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H40-H42 › H40.8 Other glaucoma › H40.83
Aqueous misdirection
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 4 more specific codes instead:
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 Aqueous misdirection
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.
- Aqueous misdirection
- Glaucoma > malignant
- Misdirection, aqueous
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H40.81 | Glaucoma with increased episcleral venous pressure | Not billable |
| H40.82 | Hypersecretion glaucoma | Not billable |
| H40.84 | Neovascular secondary angle closure glaucoma | Not billable |
| H40.89 | Other specified glaucoma | Valid |