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ICD-10-CM Codes
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H00-H59
Diseases of the eye and adnexa
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H43-H44
Disorders of vitreous body and globe
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H44-
Disorders of globe
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H44.023
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H44.023
Vitreous abscess (chronic), bilateral
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- H44.023 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM H44.023 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H44.023 - other international versions of ICD-10 H44.023 may differ.
The following code(s) above
H44.023 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
H44.023:
- H00-H59
2021 ICD-10-CM Range H00-H59
Diseases of the eye and adnexaNote- Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
Type 2 Excludes- 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)
Diseases of the eye and adnexa - H44
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H44
Disorders of globe
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Includes- disorders affecting multiple structures of eye
Disorders of globe - H44.0
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H44.0
Purulent endophthalmitis
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- bleb associated endophthalmitis (H59.4-)
Use Additional- code to identify organism
Purulent endophthalmitis
Approximate Synonyms
- Bilateral vitreous abscess
- Vitreous abscess, both eyes
ICD-10-CM H44.023 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 121 Acute major eye infections with cc/mcc
- 122 Acute major eye infections without cc/mcc
Convert H44.023 to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H44.023
H44.01 Panophthalmitis (acute)
H44.02 Vitreous abscess (chronic)
H44.023
…… bilateral
H44.1 Other endophthalmitis
H44.12 Parasitic endophthalmitis, unspecified
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.