2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H51.8

Other specified disorders of binocular movement

ICD-10-CM Code:
H51.8
ICD-10 Code for:
Other specified disorders of binocular movement
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
Chronic Condition Indicator: [1]
Not chronic
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Code Classification

  • Diseases of the eye and adnexa
    (H00–H59)
    • Disorders of ocular muscles, binocular movement, accommodation and refraction
      (H49-H52)
      • Other disorders of binocular movement
        (H51)

H51.8 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other specified disorders of binocular movement. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Approximate Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

  • A pattern vergence
  • Ablepharon
  • Abnormal lateral conjugate gaze
  • Abnormal vertical conjugate gaze
  • Acquired esotropia
  • Acquired oculomotor apraxia
  • Anomaly of divergence
  • Anomaly of vergence system
  • Anomaly of vergence system
  • Anomaly of vergence system
  • Anomaly of vergence system
  • Associated movements on eye movement - finding
  • Autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 1
  • Autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 2
  • Autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia, pyramidal signs, nystagmus, oculomotor apraxia syndrome
  • Balint syndrome
  • Becomes binocular
  • Benign paroxysmal tonic upgaze of childhood with ataxia
  • Body movements associated with eye movement
  • Cerebellar ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 4
  • Cerebellar ataxia, intellectual disability, oculomotor apraxia, cerebellar cysts syndrome
  • Congenital absence of lacrimal drainage structure
  • Conjugate gaze
  • Conjugate gaze
  • Conjugate gaze
  • Disjunctive ocular movements - finding
  • Disorder of zinc metabolism
  • Dissociated deviation
  • Dissociated gaze palsy
  • Dissociated gaze palsy
  • Dissociated gaze palsy
  • Divergence excess
  • Divergence insufficiency
  • Divergence paralysis
  • Doll's head reflex absent
  • Doll's head reflex equivocal
  • Double elevator palsy
  • Downdrift of eyes
  • Downward conjugate gaze
  • Downward gaze deviation
  • Drift on horizontal movement of eyes
  • Dysconjugate gaze
  • Dysgenesis of lacrimal punctum
  • Esotropia with dissociated vertical deviation
  • Eye movement with both eyes open - finding
  • Eye movement with both eyes open - finding
  • Eye movement with both eyes open - finding
  • Eye movement with both eyes open - finding
  • Eye movement with both eyes open - finding
  • Eye movement with both eyes open - finding
  • Eye movement with both eyes open - finding
  • Eye movement with both eyes open - finding
  • Finding of ocular balance
  • Finding of ocular balance
  • Frontal type acquired oculomotor apraxia
  • Fronto-parietal type acquired oculomotor apraxia
  • Horizontal doll's head reflex absent
  • Horizontal doll's head reflex equivocal
  • Horizontal doll's head reflex finding
  • Horizontal doll's head reflex finding
  • Infantile esotropia
  • Intermittent downward gaze deviation
  • Inverted Y pattern vergence
  • Left ocular fixation preference
  • Lower lacrimal punctum finding
  • Ocular fixation - finding
  • Ocular fixation - finding
  • Ocular fixation preference - finding
  • Ocular fixation preference - finding
  • Ocular head posture - finding
  • Ocular head posture - finding
  • Ocular head posture - finding
  • Ocular head posture - finding
  • Ocular head posture - finding
  • Ocular head posture - finding
  • Ocular head posture - finding
  • Ocular head posture abnormal
  • Ocular motor apraxia Cogan type
  • Ocular neuromyotonia
  • Ocular posture chin down
  • Ocular posture chin up
  • Ocular posture face turn
  • Ocular posture head nod
  • Ocular posture head thrust
  • Ocular posture head tilt
  • Ocular tilt reaction
  • Oculogyric crisis
  • Oculomotor apraxia
  • Oculomotor nerve synkinesis
  • Optic ataxia
  • Optical axis alignment - finding
  • Optical axis deviation - finding
  • Parietal type acquired oculomotor apraxia
  • Partial ablepharon
  • Postbasic stare
  • Pseudoophthalmoplegia
  • Psychomotor regression, oculomotor apraxia, movement disorder, nephropathy syndrome
  • Ptosis, upper ocular movement limitation, absence of lacrimal punctum syndrome
  • Right ocular fixation preference
  • Rolling of eyes
  • Skew deviation
  • Sounds associated with eye movement - finding
  • Staring
  • Superior oblique click on eye movement
  • Sustained downward gaze deviation
  • Synergistic divergence
  • Synkinesis
  • Third cranial nerve finding
  • Torsion deviation of eye
  • Updrift of eyes
  • Upward conjugate gaze
  • Vergence on vertical movement of eyes
  • Vertical conjugate gaze
  • Vertical dissociated gaze palsy
  • Vertical doll's head reflex absent
  • Vertical doll's head reflex equivocal
  • Vertical doll's head reflex finding
  • Vertical doll's head reflex finding
  • V-pattern vergence
  • X pattern vergence
  • Y pattern vergence

Clinical Classification

Clinical Information

  • Synkinesis

    an involuntary movement accompanying a volitional movement. it often refers to facial movements that accompany facial paralysis.
  • Facial Paralysis

    severe or complete loss of facial muscle motor function. this condition may result from central or peripheral lesions. damage to cns motor pathways from the cerebral cortex to the facial nuclei in the pons leads to facial weakness that generally spares the forehead muscles. facial nerve diseases generally results in generalized hemifacial weakness. neuromuscular junction diseases and muscular diseases may also cause facial paralysis or paresis.

Index to Diseases and Injuries References

The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).

Convert H51.8 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: 378.85 - Anomalies of divergence
    Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.
  • ICD-9-CM Code: 378.87 - Skew deviation, eye
    Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.

Patient Education


Eye Movement Disorders

When you look at an object, you're using several muscles to move both eyes to focus on it. If you have a problem with the muscles, the eyes don't work properly.

There are many kinds of eye movement disorders. Two common ones are:

  • Strabismus - a disorder in which the two eyes don't line up in the same direction. This results in "crossed eyes" or "walleye."
  • Nystagmus - fast, uncontrollable movements of the eyes, sometimes called "dancing eyes"

Some eye movement disorders are present at birth. Others develop over time and may be associated with other problems, such as injuries. Treatments include glasses, patches, eye muscle exercises, and surgery. There is no cure for some kinds of eye movement disorders, such as most kinds of nystagmus.


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Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.

Footnotes

[1] Not chronic - A diagnosis code that does not fit the criteria for chronic condition (duration, ongoing medical treatment, and limitations) is considered not chronic. Some codes designated as not chronic are acute conditions. Other diagnosis codes that indicate a possible chronic condition, but for which the duration of the illness is not specified in the code description (i.e., we do not know the condition has lasted 12 months or longer) also are considered not chronic.