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Diseases of the eye and adnexa
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Disorders of sclera, cornea, iris and ciliary body
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Other disorders of cornea
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2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H18.053
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H18.053
Posterior corneal pigmentations, bilateral
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Billable/Specific Code
- H18.053 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM H18.053 became effective on October 1, 2021.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H18.053 - other international versions of ICD-10 H18.053 may differ.
The following code(s) above
H18.053 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
H18.053:
- Bilateral krukenberg spindle
- Bilateral posterior corneal pigmentation
- Krukenberg spindle of bilateral eyes
- Posterior corneal pigmentations, both eyes
ICD-10-CM H18.053 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0):
- 124 Other disorders of the eye with mcc
- 125 Other disorders of the eye without mcc
Convert H18.053 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
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H18.053
H18.05 Posterior corneal pigmentations
H18.053
…… bilateral
H18.06 Stromal corneal pigmentations
H18.1 Bullous keratopathy
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
