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ICD-10-CM Codes
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H00-H59
Diseases of the eye and adnexa
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H55-H57
Other disorders of eye and adnexa
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H55-
Nystagmus and other irregular eye movements
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H55.81
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H55.81
Deficient saccadic eye movements
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 - Revised Code Billable/Specific Code
- H55.81 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- ICD-10-CM H55.81 is a revised 2021 ICD-10-CM code that became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H55.81 - other international versions of ICD-10 H55.81 may differ.
The following code(s) above
H55.81 contain annotation back-references
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that may be applicable to
H55.81:
Approximate Synonyms
- Deficiency of saccadic eye movements
- Eye movement disorder, saccadic
- Saccadic eye movements
Clinical Information
- An abrupt voluntary shift in ocular fixation from one point to another, as occurs in reading.
- The series of involuntary, abrupt, rapid, small movements or jerks of both eyes simultaneously in changing the point of fixation.
ICD-10-CM H55.81 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 123 Neurological eye disorders
Convert H55.81 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
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2021 (effective 10/1/2020): Revised code
- New description: Deficient saccadic eye movements
- 2020 description: Saccadic eye movements
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H55.81
H54.8 Legal blindness, as defined in USA
H55 Nystagmus and other irregular eye movements
H55.03 Visual deprivation nystagmus
H55.09 Other forms of nystagmus
H55.8 Other irregular eye movements
H55.81
Deficient saccadic eye movements
H55.82 Deficient smooth pursuit eye movements
H55.89 Other irregular eye movements
H57 Other disorders of eye and adnexa
H57.0 Anomalies of pupillary function
H57.00 Unspecified anomaly of pupillary function
H57.01 Argyll Robertson pupil, atypical
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.