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ICD-10-CM Codes
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H00-H59
Diseases of the eye and adnexa
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H46-H47
Disorders of optic nerve and visual pathways
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H46-
Optic neuritis
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H46.13
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H46.13
Retrobulbar neuritis, bilateral
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- H46.13 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 H46.13 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H46.13 - other international versions of ICD-10 H46.13 may differ.
The following code(s) above
H46.13 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
H46.13:
- 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)
- H46
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H46
Optic neuritis
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 2 Excludes- ischemic optic neuropathy (H47.01-)
- neuromyelitis optica [Devic] (G36.0)
- H46.1
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H46.1
Retrobulbar neuritis
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- syphilitic retrobulbar neuritis (A52.15)
- Bilateral retrobulbar neuritis
- Bilateral retrobulbar optic neuritis
- Retrobulbar neuritis, both eyes
- Retrobulbar optic neuritis of bilateral eyes
ICD-10-CM H46.13 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 123 Neurological eye disorders
Convert H46.13 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 H46.13
H46.1 Retrobulbar neuritis
H46.13
…… bilateral
H46.2 Nutritional optic neuropathy
H46.3 Toxic optic neuropathy
H46.8 Other optic neuritis
H46.9 Unspecified optic neuritis
H47 Other disorders of optic [2nd] nerve and visual pathways
H47.0 Disorders of optic nerve, not elsewhere classified
H47.01 Ischemic optic neuropathy
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
