Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy, bilateral

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2018 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2018 to now.

FY2018 Added to the code set Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy, bilateral eye
FY2025 Description revised ~~Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy, bilateral eye~~ Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy, bilateral

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 > specified maculopathy NEC

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H44.2E1	Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy, right eye	Valid
H44.2E2	Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy, left eye	Valid
H44.2E9	Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy, unspecified eye	Valid