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H21.553 - Recession of chamber angle, bilateral
ICD-10-CM Chapter 7: Diseases of the eye and adnexa · H15-H22 Disorders of sclera, cornea, iris and ciliary body (H15-H22) · Subcategory of H21.55 · FY2027
Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom H21.5
Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.
- corectopia (Q13.2)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom H21
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- sympathetic uveitis (H44.1-)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter H00-H59
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)
NotesFrom Chapter H00-H59
Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.
- Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
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