ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H49-H52 › H50 Other strabismus › H50.5
H50.5
Heterophoria
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:
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 Heterophoria
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)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H50.0 | Esotropia | Not billable |
| H50.1 | Exotropia | Not billable |
| H50.2 | Vertical strabismus | Not billable |
| H50.3 | Intermittent heterotropia | Not billable |
| H50.4 | Other and unspecified heterotropia | Not billable |
| H50.6 | Mechanical strabismus | Not billable |
| H50.8 | Other specified strabismus | Not billable |
| H50.9 | Unspecified strabismus | Valid |