ICD-10-CM Code H49.88
Other paralytic strabismus
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code H49.88 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the four child codes of H49.88 that describes the diagnosis 'other paralytic strabismus' in more detail.
- H49.88 Other paralytic strabismus NON-BILLABLE
The ICD code H498 is used to code Kearns-Sayre syndrome
Kearns–Sayre syndrome (abbreviated KSS), also known as oculocraniosomatic disorder or oculocraniosomatic neuromuscular disorder with ragged red fibers, is a mitochondrial myopathy with a typical onset before 20 years of age. KSS is a more severe syndromic variant of chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (abbreviated CPEO), a syndrome that is characterized by isolated involvement of the muscles controlling movement of the eyelid (levator palpebrae, orbicularis oculi) and eye (extra-ocular muscles). This results in ptosis and ophthalmoplegia respectively. KSS involves a combination of the already described CPEO as well as bilateral pigmentary retinopathy and cardiac conduction abnormalities. Other symptoms may include cerebellar ataxia, proximal muscle weakness, deafness, diabetes mellitus, growth hormone deficiency, hypoparathyroidism, and other endocrinopathies. In both of these diseases, muscle involvement may begin unilaterally but always develops into a bilateral deficit, and the course is progressive. This discussion is limited specifically to the more severe and systemically involved variant.
| Specialty: | Ophthalmology |
| MeSH Code: | D007625 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 277.87 |
Coding Notes for H49.88 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Inclusion Terms
Inclusion Terms are a list of concepts for which a specific code is used. The list of Inclusion Terms is useful for determining the correct code in some cases, but the list is not necessarily exhaustive. - External ophthalmoplegia NOS
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'H49.88 - Other paralytic strabismus'
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Parent Code: H49.8 - Other paralytic strabismus