ICD-10-CM Code H50.81
Duane's syndrome
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 H50.81 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of H50.81 that describes the diagnosis 'duane's syndrome' in more detail.
- H50.81 Duane's syndrome NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE H50.811 Duane's syndrome, right eye
- BILLABLE H50.812 Duane's syndrome, left eye
The ICD code H508 is used to code Duane syndrome
Duane syndrome is a congenital rare type of strabismus most commonly characterized by the inability of the eye to move outwards. The syndrome was first described by ophthalmologists Jakob Stilling (1887) and Siegmund Türk (1896), and subsequently named after Alexander Duane, who discussed the disorder in more detail in 1905.
| Specialty: | Ophthalmology |
| MeSH Code: | D004370 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 378.71 |
Duane Syndrome type I in left eye. 10-year-old girl.
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'H50.81 - Duane's syndrome'
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Parent Code: H50.8 - Other specified strabismus