Medial rectus muscle entrapment, unspecified eye

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2024 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2024 to now.

FY2024 Added to the code set Medial rectus muscle entrapment, unspecified eye

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)

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.

Entrapment > muscle > eye > rectus > medial

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H50.651	Medial rectus muscle entrapment, right eye	Valid
H50.652	Medial rectus muscle entrapment, left eye	Valid