ICD-10-CM Codes
H00-H59 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
H15-H22 Disorders of sclera, cornea, iris and ciliary body
H18- Other disorders of cornea

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H18.469

Peripheral corneal degeneration, unspecified eye

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Billable/Specific Code

H18.469 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM H18.469 became effective on October 1, 2019.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H18.469 - other international versions of ICD-10 H18.469 may differ.

The following code(s) above H18.469 contain annotation back-references

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Code Also annotations, or
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that may be applicable to H18.469:

H00-H59
2020 ICD-10-CM Range H00-H59
Diseases of the eye and adnexa
Note
- 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
H18.4
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H18.4
Corneal degeneration
Type 1 Excludes
- Mooren's ulcer (H16.0-)
- recurrent erosion of cornea (H18.83-)
Corneal degeneration

Approximate Synonyms

Pellucid marginal corneal degeneration
Peripheral corneal degeneration
Peripheral degeneration of cornea
Terrien's marginal degeneration of cornea
Terriens corneal degeneration

ICD-10-CM H18.469 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v37.0):

124 Other disorders of the eye with mcc
125 Other disorders of the eye without mcc

Convert H18.469 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

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H18.469

H18.449 …… unspecified eye

H18.45 Nodular corneal degeneration

H18.451 …… right eye

H18.452 …… left eye

H18.453 …… bilateral

H18.459 …… unspecified eye

H18.46 Peripheral corneal degeneration

H18.461 …… right eye

H18.462 …… left eye

H18.463 …… bilateral

H18.469 …… unspecified eye

H18.49 Other corneal degeneration

H18.5 Hereditary corneal dystrophies

H18.50 Unspecified hereditary corneal dystrophies

H18.51 Endothelial corneal dystrophy

H18.52 Epithelial (juvenile) corneal dystrophy

H18.53 Granular corneal dystrophy

H18.54 Lattice corneal dystrophy

H18.55 Macular corneal dystrophy

H18.59 Other hereditary corneal dystrophies

H18.6 Keratoconus

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H18.469

Peripheral corneal degeneration, unspecified eye

Diseases of the eye and adnexa

Corneal degeneration