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H50

Other strabismus

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 9 more specific codes instead:

  • H50.0 Esotropia (also a header)
  • H50.1 Exotropia (also a header)
  • H50.2 Vertical strabismus (also a header)
  • H50.3 Intermittent heterotropia (also a header)
  • H50.4 Other and unspecified heterotropia (also a header)
  • H50.5 Heterophoria (also a header)
  • H50.6 Mechanical strabismus (also a header)
  • H50.8 Other specified strabismus (also a header)
  • H50.9 Unspecified strabismus

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other strabismus

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 the H49-H52 section Disorders of ocular muscles, binocular movement, accommodation and refraction (H49-H52)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • nystagmus and other irregular eye movements (H55)