ICD-10-CM Code H50.0
Esotropia
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 H50.0 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the nine child codes of H50.0 that describes the diagnosis 'esotropia' in more detail.
- H50.0 Esotropia NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE H50.00 Unspecified esotropia
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- H50.011 Monocular esotropia, right eye BILLABLE
- H50.012 Monocular esotropia, left eye BILLABLE
- BILLABLE H50.05 Alternating esotropia
- BILLABLE H50.06 Alternating esotropia with A pattern
- BILLABLE H50.07 Alternating esotropia with V pattern
- BILLABLE H50.08 Alternating esotropia with other noncomitancies
The ICD code H500 is used to code Esotropia
Esotropia (from Greek eso meaning "inward" and trope meaning "a turning"), is a form of strabismus, or "squint," in which one or both eyes turns inward. The condition can be constantly present, or occur intermittently, and can give the affected individual a "cross-eyed" appearance. Esotropia is sometimes erroneously called “lazy eye,” which describes the condition of amblyopia—a reduction in vision of one or both eyes that is not the result of any pathology of the eye and cannot be resolved by the use of corrective lenses. Amblyopia can, however, arise as a result of esotropia occurring in childhood: In order to relieve symptoms of diplopia or double vision, the child's brain will ignore or “suppress” the image from the esotropic eye, which when allowed to continue untreated will lead to the development of amblyopia. Treatment options for esotropia include glasses to correct refractive errors (see accommodative esotropia below), the use of prisms and/or orthoptic exercises and/or eye muscle surgery.
| Specialty: | Ophthalmology |
| MeSH Code: | D004948 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 378.0 |
Coding Notes for H50.0 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Inclusion Terms:
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. - Convergent concomitant strabismus
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Intermittent esotropia (H50.31-, H50.32) - instead, use code H50.31-
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'H50.0 - Esotropia'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code H50.0. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: H50 - Other strabismus