Disorders of globe

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 10 more specific codes instead:

H44.0 Purulent endophthalmitis (also a header)
H44.1 Other endophthalmitis (also a header)
H44.2 Degenerative myopia (also a header)
H44.3 Other and unspecified degenerative disorders of globe (also a header)
H44.4 Hypotony of eye (also a header)
H44.5 Degenerated conditions of globe (also a header)
H44.6 Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic (also a header)
H44.7 Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic (also a header)
H44.8 Other disorders of globe (also a header)
H44.9 Unspecified disorder of globe

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 Disorders of globe

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.

This code

Includes

disorders affecting multiple structures of eye