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H40.61X0 - Glaucoma secondary to drugs, right eye, stage unspecified

ICD-10-CM Chapter 7: Diseases of the eye and adnexa · H40-H42 Glaucoma (H40-H42) · Subcategory of H40.61 · FY2027

7th character 0: stage unspecified

Coding Guidance

7th character 0: stage unspecified.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Use Additional CodeFrom H40.6

Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.

  • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom H40

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • absolute glaucoma (H44.51-)
  • congenital glaucoma (Q15.0)
  • traumatic glaucoma due to birth injury (P15.3)
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

Documentation requirements, coding pitfalls and FAQs for conditions coded with H40.61X0.