Optic nerve hypoplasia

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 4 more specific codes instead:

H47.031 Optic nerve hypoplasia, right eye
H47.032 Optic nerve hypoplasia, left eye
H47.033 Optic nerve hypoplasia, bilateral
H47.039 Optic nerve hypoplasia, unspecified eye

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 Optic nerve hypoplasia

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.

Immature
Underdevelopment
Prematurity NEC > extreme
Undeveloped, undevelopment
Birth > immature > extremely
Immature > birth > extremely
Premature > newborn > extreme
Immaturity > organ or site NEC
Nondevelopment > organ or site, congenital NEC
Development > incomplete > organ or site not listed
Hypoplasia, hypoplastic > optic nerve

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H47.01	Ischemic optic neuropathy	Not billable
H47.02	Hemorrhage in optic nerve sheath	Not billable
H47.09	Other disorders of optic nerve, not elsewhere classified	Not billable