2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H51.0

Palsy (spasm) of conjugate gaze

ICD-10-CM Code:
H51.0
ICD-10 Code for:
Palsy (spasm) of conjugate gaze
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)

H51.0 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of palsy (spasm) of conjugate gaze. 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:

  • Acquired horizontal gaze palsy
  • Alternating skew deviation
  • Combined paralysis of upgaze and downgaze
  • Congenital horizontal gaze palsy
  • Dissociated gaze palsy
  • Dysconjugate gaze
  • Horizontal dissociated gaze palsy
  • Horizontal gaze palsy
  • Horizontal gaze palsy
  • Horizontal gaze palsy with progressive scoliosis
  • Horizontal gaze preference
  • Horizontal spasm of gaze
  • Intermittent horizontal conjugate gaze deviation
  • Intermittent upward gaze deviation
  • Isolated acquired horizontal gaze palsy
  • Isolated congenital horizontal gaze paresis
  • Palsy of conjugate gaze
  • Paralysis of downgaze
  • Paralysis of upgaze
  • Parinaud's syndrome
  • Periodic alternating gaze deviation
  • Pontine one and a half syndrome
  • Skew deviation
  • Spasm of conjugate gaze
  • Supranuclear gaze palsy
  • Supranuclear paralysis
  • Sustained horizontal conjugate gaze deviation
  • Sustained horizontal conjugate gaze deviation, contralateral type
  • Sustained horizontal conjugate gaze deviation, ipsilateral type
  • Sustained upward gaze deviation
  • Upward gaze deviation
  • Vertical gaze palsy
  • Vertical one-and-a-half syndrome

Clinical Classification

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 H51.0 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: 378.81 - Palsy of conjugate gaze
    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: 378.82 - Spasm of conjugate gaze
    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.