H44
H44 — Disorders of globe
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H44 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for disorders of globe. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- disorders affecting multiple structures of eye
Other codes that can never be billed with H44
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at H44. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading H44 alone.
Risk adjustment
H44 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead H44
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- H44.0Purulent endophthalmitis
- H44.1Other endophthalmitis
- H44.2Degenerative myopia
- H44.3Other and unspecified degenerative disorders of globe
- H44.4Hypotony of eye
- H44.5Degenerated conditions of globe
- H44.6Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic
- H44.7Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic
- H44.8Other disorders of globe
- H44.9Unspecified disorder of globe
Questions about H44
- Is H44 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. H44 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does H44 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Disorders of vitreous body and globe (H43-H44).