ICD-10-CM Codes
H00-H59
H49-H52
H51-
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H51.8

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H51.8

Other specified disorders of binocular movement

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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 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM H51.8 became effective on October 1, 2022.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H51.8 - other international versions of ICD-10 H51.8 may differ.

The following code(s) above H51.8 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 H51.8:

H00-H59
2023 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
2023 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

Approximate Synonyms

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

ICD-10-CM H51.8 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):

123 Neurological eye disorders

Convert H51.8 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
2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to H51.8:

Apraxia (classic) (ideational) (ideokinetic) (ideomotor) (motor) (verbal) R48.2
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R48.2
Apraxia
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
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 2022 2023 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
- divergence, insufficiency H51.8
Excess, excessive, excessively
- divergence H51.8
Exophoria H50.52
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H50.52
Exophoria
- 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
- divergence H51.8 (nuclear)
Spasm(s) R25.2
- see also condition
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R25.2
Cramp and spasm
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

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H51.8

H51 Other disorders of binocular movement

H51.0 Palsy (spasm) of conjugate gaze

H51.1 Convergence insufficiency and excess

H51.11 Convergence insufficiency

H51.12 Convergence excess

H51.2 Internuclear ophthalmoplegia

H51.20 …… unspecified eye

H51.21 …… right eye

H51.22 …… left eye

H51.23 …… bilateral

H51.8 Other specified disorders of binocular movement

H51.9 Unspecified disorder of binocular movement

H52 Disorders of refraction and accommodation

H52.0 Hypermetropia

H52.00 …… unspecified eye

H52.01 …… right eye

H52.02 …… left eye

H52.03 …… bilateral

H52.1 Myopia

H52.10 …… unspecified eye

H52.11 …… right eye

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

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H51.8

Other specified disorders of binocular movement

Diseases of the eye and adnexa

Disorders of ocular muscles, binocular movement, accommodation and refraction

Apraxia

Diffuse interstitial keratitis

Unspecified disorder of binocular movement

Esophoria

Exophoria

Paralytic syndrome, unspecified

Cramp and spasm