H00-H59 - Diseases of the eye and adnexa

ICD-10-CM Chapter 7 · 12 sections · 40 categories · 3,466 codes · FY2027

Covers disorders of the eye and surrounding structures including glaucoma, cataracts, and visual disturbances.

Chapter Notes

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

Categories in this Chapter (40)

H00-H05Disorders of eyelid, lacrimal system and orbit (H00-H05)(5)

H10-H11Disorders of conjunctiva (H10-H11)(2)

H15-H22Disorders of sclera, cornea, iris and ciliary body (H15-H22)(7)

H25-H28Disorders of lens (H25-H28)(4)

H30-H36Disorders of choroid and retina (H30-H36)(7)

H40-H42Glaucoma (H40-H42)(2)

H43-H44Disorders of vitreous body and globe (H43-H44)(2)

H46-H47Disorders of optic nerve and visual pathways (H46-H47)(2)

H49-H52Disorders of ocular muscles, binocular movement, accommodation and refraction (H49-H52)(4)

H53-H54Visual disturbances and blindness (H53-H54)(2)

H55-H57Other disorders of eye and adnexa (H55-H57)(2)

H59Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified (H59)(1)