1. ICD-10-CM Codes
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2. H00-H59
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3. H46-H47
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4. H47-
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5. 2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H47.1

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H47.1

Papilledema

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

• H47.1 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM H47.1 became effective on October 1, 2022.
• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H47.1 - other international versions of ICD-10 H47.1 may differ.

• A disorder characterized by swelling around the optic disc.
• Swelling around the optic disc, usually due to increased intracranial pressure or pressure on the optic nerve by a tumor.
• Swelling around the optic disk, the area where the optic nerve (the nerve that carries messages from the eye to the brain) enters the eyeball. Papilledema occurs when increased brain pressure caused by tumors or other problems results in swelling of the optic nerve.
• Swelling of the optic disk, usually in association with increased intracranial pressure, characterized by hyperemia, blurring of the disk margins, microhemorrhages, blind spot enlargement, and engorgement of retinal veins.
• Swelling of the optic disk, usually in association with increased intracranial pressure, characterized by hyperemia, blurring of the disk margins, microhemorrhages, blind spot enlargement, and engorgement of retinal veins. Chronic papilledema may cause optic atrophy and visual loss. (miller et al., clinical neuro-ophthalmology, 4th ed, p175)

• 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
• 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

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