ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H43-H44 › H44.2 Degenerative myopia › H44.2E

H44.2E

Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy

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:

  • H44.2E1 Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy, right eye
  • H44.2E2 Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy, left eye
  • H44.2E3 Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy, bilateral
  • H44.2E9 Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy, unspecified eye

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2018 to now.

  1. FY2018 Added to the code set Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
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
H44.2A Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization Not billable
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