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. H51- Other disorders of binocular movement
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5. 2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H51.8

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H51.8

Other specified disorders of binocular movement

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code

• H51.8 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 H51.8 became effective on October 1, 2020.
• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H51.8 - other international versions of ICD-10 H51.8 may differ.

• Anomaly of divergence
• Dissociated vertical deviation
• Dissociated vertical deviation (eye condition)
• Divergence anomaly
• Divergence anomaly (eye condition)
• Double elevator palsy
• Gaze palsy, vertical dissociated
• Monocular elevation deficiency
• Monocular elevation deficiency (eye condition)
• Oculogyric crisis
• Skew deviation
• Skew deviation (eye condition)
• Vertical dissociated gaze palsy

• 123 Neurological eye disorders

Convert H51.8 to ICD-9-CM

• 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

• Apraxia (classic) (ideational) (ideokinetic) (ideomotor) (motor) (verbal) R48.2
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R48.2

  Apraxia

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code

  Type 1 Excludes

  • apraxia following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -90)
  • oculomotor, congenital H51.8
• Cogan's syndrome H16.32-
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H16.32-

  Diffuse interstitial keratitis

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

  Applicable To

  • Cogan's syndrome
  • oculomotor apraxia H51.8
• Crisis
  • oculogyric H51.8
• Deviation (in)
  • eye, skew H51.8
• Disorder (of) - see also Disease
  • binocular
    • movement H51.9
      ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H51.9

      Unspecified disorder of binocular movement

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
      • specified type NEC H51.8
• Disturbance(s) - see also Disease
  • oculogyric H51.8
• Esophoria H50.51
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H50.51

  Esophoria

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
  • divergence, insufficiency H51.8
• Excess, excessive, excessively
  • divergence H51.8
• Exophoria H50.52
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H50.52

  Exophoria

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
  • divergence, excess H51.8
• Insufficiency, insufficient
  • divergence H51.8
• Oculogyric crisis or disturbance H51.8
• Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) G83.9
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G83.9

  Paralytic syndrome, unspecified

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
  • divergence H51.8 (nuclear)
• Spasm(s) R25.2
  - see also condition
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R25.2

  Cramp and spasm

  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code

  Type 2 Excludes

  • carpopedal spasm (R29.0)
  • charley-horse (M62.831)
  • infantile spasms (G40.4-)
  • muscle spasm of back (M62.830)
  • muscle spasm of calf (M62.831)
  • oculogyric H51.8
  • conjugate H51.8
  • inferior oblique, eye H51.8
• Syndrome - see also Disease
  • spasmodic
    • upward movement, eyes H51.8
  • upward gaze H51.8

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