ICD-10-CM Section H46-H47
Disorders of optic nerve and visual pathways
- H46 Optic neuritis NON-BILLABLE
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- H46.00 Optic papillitis, unspecified eye BILLABLE
- H46.01 Optic papillitis, right eye BILLABLE
- H46.02 Optic papillitis, left eye BILLABLE
- H46.03 Optic papillitis, bilateral BILLABLE
- BILLABLE H46.2 Nutritional optic neuropathy
- BILLABLE H46.3 Toxic optic neuropathy
- BILLABLE H46.8 Other optic neuritis
- BILLABLE H46.9 Unspecified optic neuritis
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- H47 Other disorders of optic [2nd] nerve and visual pathways NON-BILLABLE
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- H47.01 Ischemic optic neuropathy NON-BILLABLE
- H47.02 Hemorrhage in optic nerve sheath NON-BILLABLE
- H47.03 Optic nerve hypoplasia NON-BILLABLE
- H47.09 Other disorders of optic nerve, not elsewhere classified NON-BILLABLE
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- H47.20 Unspecified optic atrophy BILLABLE
- H47.21 Primary optic atrophy NON-BILLABLE
- H47.22 Hereditary optic atrophy BILLABLE
- H47.23 Glaucomatous optic atrophy NON-BILLABLE
- H47.29 Other optic atrophy NON-BILLABLE
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- H47.31 Coloboma of optic disc NON-BILLABLE
- H47.32 Drusen of optic disc NON-BILLABLE
- H47.33 Pseudopapilledema of optic disc NON-BILLABLE
- H47.39 Other disorders of optic disc NON-BILLABLE
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- H47.61 Cortical blindness NON-BILLABLE
- H47.62 Disorders of visual cortex in (due to) inflammatory disorders NON-BILLABLE
- H47.63 Disorders of visual cortex in (due to) neoplasm NON-BILLABLE
- H47.64 Disorders of visual cortex in (due to) vascular disorders NON-BILLABLE
- BILLABLE H47.9 Unspecified disorder of visual pathways
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Coding Notes for Section H46-H47
- Section Notes:
- Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
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Section Type-2 Excludes:
Type-2 Excludes
Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here." - Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period - instead, use Section P04-P96
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases - instead, use Section A00-B99
- Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium - instead, use Section O00-O9A
- Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities - instead, use Section Q00-Q99
- Diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-) - instead, use code E09.3-
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases - instead, use Section E00-E88
- Injury (trauma) of eye and orbit - instead, use code S05.-
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - instead, use Section S00-T88
- Neoplasms - instead, use Section C00-D49
- Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified - instead, use Section R00-R94
- Syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71) - instead, use code A50.01