Tonic pupil

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:

H57.051 Tonic pupil, right eye
H57.052 Tonic pupil, left eye
H57.053 Tonic pupil, bilateral
H57.059 Tonic pupil, 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 Tonic pupil

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.

Cleft
Extra
Fused
Patent
Trifid
Triple
Window
Aplasia
Aberrant
Patulous
Abnormity
Asymmetry
Dysplasia
Additional
Lobulation
Nonclosure
Nondescent
Fold, folds
Rudimentary
Tonic pupil
Undescended
Malformation
Pupillotonia
Triplication
Transposition
Birth > defect
Maldevelopment
Myotonic pupil
Septum, septate
Union, abnormal
Imperfect > fusion
Vestige, vestigial
Duplication, duplex
Lesion > congenital
Pervious, congenital
Elongated, elongation
Open, opening > false
Adie pupil or syndrome
Disturbance > pupillary
Termination > anomalous

Showing 40 of 110 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H57.00	Unspecified anomaly of pupillary function	Valid
H57.01	Argyll Robertson pupil, atypical	Valid
H57.02	Anisocoria	Valid
H57.03	Miosis	Valid
H57.04	Mydriasis	Valid
H57.09	Other anomalies of pupillary function	Valid