2021

  1. ICD-10-CM Codes
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  2. H00-H59 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
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  3. H49-H52 Disorders of ocular muscles, binocular movement, accommodation and refraction
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  4. H50- Other strabismus
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  5. 2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H50.0

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H50.0

Esotropia

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
  • H50.0 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
  • The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM H50.0 became effective on October 1, 2020.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H50.0 - other international versions of ICD-10 H50.0 may differ.
Applicable To
  • Convergent concomitant strabismus
Type 1 Excludes
Type 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as H50.0. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
  • intermittent esotropia (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H50.31

    Intermittent monocular esotropia

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    H50.31-
    ,
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H50.32

    Intermittent alternating esotropia

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
    H50.32
    )
The following code(s) above H50.0 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 H50.0:
  • 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
  • H49-H52
    2021 ICD-10-CM Range H49-H52

    Disorders of ocular muscles, binocular movement, accommodation and refraction

    Type 2 Excludes
    • nystagmus and other irregular eye movements (H55)
    Disorders of ocular muscles, binocular movement, accommodation and refraction
Clinical Information
  • A form of ocular misalignment characterized by an excessive convergence of the visual axes, resulting in a "cross-eye" appearance. An example of this condition occurs when paralysis of the lateral rectus muscle causes an abnormal inward deviation of one eye on attempted gaze.
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 H50.0
H49.812 …… left eye
H49.813 …… bilateral
H49.819 …… unspecified eye
H49.88 Other paralytic strabismus
H49.881 …… right eye
H49.882 …… left eye
H49.883 …… bilateral
H49.889 …… unspecified eye
H49.9 Unspecified paralytic strabismus
H50 Other strabismus
H50.0 Esotropia
H50.00 Unspecified esotropia
H50.01 Monocular esotropia
H50.011 …… right eye
H50.012 …… left eye
H50.02 Monocular esotropia with A pattern
H50.021 …… right eye
H50.022 …… left eye
H50.03 Monocular esotropia with V pattern
H50.031 …… right eye
H50.032 …… left eye

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