Foster-Kennedy syndrome

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:

H47.141 Foster-Kennedy syndrome, right eye
H47.142 Foster-Kennedy syndrome, left eye
H47.143 Foster-Kennedy syndrome, bilateral
H47.149 Foster-Kennedy syndrome, 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 Foster-Kennedy syndrome

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.

Pitting
Lipedema
Retention > water
Choked > disc or disk
Edema, edematous > papilla, optic
Edema, edematous > optic disc or nerve
Foster-Kennedy syndrome
Syndrome > Foster-Kennedy
Papilledema > Foster-Kennedy syndrome

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H47.10	Unspecified papilledema	Valid
H47.11	Papilledema associated with increased intracranial pressure	Valid
H47.12	Papilledema associated with decreased ocular pressure	Valid
H47.13	Papilledema associated with retinal disorder	Valid