ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H46-H47 › H47.21 Primary optic atrophy › H47.211
H47.211
Primary optic atrophy, right eye
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Primary optic atrophy, right 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.
- Pallor > optic disc, temporal
- Sclerosis, sclerotic > choroid
- Disorder > choroid > degeneration
- Degeneration, degenerative > chorioretinal
- Degeneration, degenerative > Bruch's membrane
- Atrophy, atrophic > optic > primary
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H47.212 | Primary optic atrophy, left eye | Valid |
| H47.213 | Primary optic atrophy, bilateral | Valid |
| H47.219 | Primary optic atrophy, unspecified eye | Valid |