Glaucomatous optic atrophy

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:

H47.231 Glaucomatous optic atrophy, right eye
H47.232 Glaucomatous optic atrophy, left eye
H47.233 Glaucomatous optic atrophy, bilateral
H47.239 Glaucomatous optic atrophy, 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 Glaucomatous optic atrophy

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 > glaucomatous

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H47.20	Unspecified optic atrophy	Valid
H47.21	Primary optic atrophy	Not billable
H47.22	Hereditary optic atrophy	Valid
H47.29	Other optic atrophy	Not billable