ICD-10-CM Codes
H00-H59 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
H49-H52 Disorders of ocular muscles, binocular movement, accommodation and refraction
H50- Other strabismus
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H50.61

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H50.61

Brown's sheath syndrome

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

H50.61 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 H50.61 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H50.61 - other international versions of ICD-10 H50.61 may differ.

The following code(s) above H50.61 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 H50.61:

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

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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to H50.61:

Brown's sheath syndrome H50.61-
Strabismus (congenital) (nonparalytic) H50.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H50.9
Unspecified strabismus
- mechanical H50.60
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H50.60
  Mechanical strabismus, unspecified
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
  - Brown's sheath syndrome H50.61-

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H50.61

H50.43 Accommodative component in esotropia

H50.5 Heterophoria

H50.50 Unspecified heterophoria

H50.51 Esophoria

H50.52 Exophoria

H50.53 Vertical heterophoria

H50.54 Cyclophoria

H50.55 Alternating heterophoria

H50.6 Mechanical strabismus

H50.60 …… unspecified

H50.61 Brown's sheath syndrome

H50.611 …… right eye

H50.612 …… left eye

H50.69 Other mechanical strabismus

H50.8 Other specified strabismus

H50.81 Duane's syndrome

H50.811 …… right eye

H50.812 …… left eye

H50.89 Other specified strabismus

H50.9 Unspecified strabismus

H51 Other disorders of binocular movement

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 H50.61

Brown's sheath syndrome

Diseases of the eye and adnexa

Disorders of ocular muscles, binocular movement, accommodation and refraction

Unspecified strabismus

Mechanical strabismus, unspecified