Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization

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, FY2018 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

H44.2A1 Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization, right eye
H44.2A2 Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization, left eye
H44.2A3 Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization, bilateral
H44.2A9 Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization, unspecified eye

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2018 to now.

FY2018 Added to the code set Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization

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 H44 Disorders of globe

Includes

disorders affecting multiple structures of eye

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.

Ametropia
Choroiditis
Neuroretinitis
Nearsightedness
Refractive error
Shortsightedness
Terry's syndrome
Choroidoretinitis
Error > refractive
Myopia > malignant
Syndrome > Terry's
Fuchs' > black spot
Myopia > pernicious
Uveitis > posterior
Neurochorioretinitis
Change > retina > myopic
Myopia > progressive high
Disorder > refraction > myopia
Spots, spotting > Fuchs' black
Anomaly, anomalous > refraction
Chorioretinitis > progressive myopia
Disorder > globe > degenerative > myopia
Rupture, ruptured > globe > nontraumatic
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > retina
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > uveal tract NOS > posterior
Myopia > degenerative > with > choroidal neovascularization

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H44.20	Degenerative myopia, unspecified eye	Valid
H44.21	Degenerative myopia, right eye	Valid
H44.22	Degenerative myopia, left eye	Valid
H44.23	Degenerative myopia, bilateral	Valid
H44.2B	Degenerative myopia with macular hole	Not billable
H44.2C	Degenerative myopia with retinal detachment	Not billable
H44.2D	Degenerative myopia with foveoschisis	Not billable
H44.2E	Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy	Not billable