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
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H18.832

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H18.832

Recurrent erosion of cornea, left eye

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Billable/Specific Code

H18.832 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 H18.832 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H18.832 - other international versions of ICD-10 H18.832 may differ.

The following code(s) above H18.832 contain annotation back-references

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Code Also annotations, or
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Excludes1 annotations, or
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that may be applicable to H18.832:

H00-H59
2021 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

Approximate Synonyms

Left recurrent corneal erosion
Left recurrent corneal erosion (eye condition)
Left recurrent erosion of cornea

ICD-10-CM H18.832 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):

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

Convert H18.832 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 H18.832

H18.812 …… left eye

H18.813 …… bilateral

H18.819 …… unspecified eye

H18.82 Corneal disorder due to contact lens

H18.821 …… right eye

H18.822 …… left eye

H18.823 …… bilateral

H18.829 …… unspecified eye

H18.83 Recurrent erosion of cornea

H18.831 …… right eye

H18.832 …… left eye

H18.833 …… bilateral

H18.839 …… unspecified eye

H18.89 Other specified disorders of cornea

H18.891 …… right eye

H18.892 …… left eye

H18.893 …… bilateral

H18.899 …… unspecified eye

H18.9 Unspecified disorder of cornea

H20 Iridocyclitis

H20.0 Acute and subacute iridocyclitis

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

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H18.832

Recurrent erosion of cornea, left eye

Diseases of the eye and adnexa