2021 ICD-10-CM Code H44.2
Degenerative myopia
Not Valid for Submission
H44.2 is a "header" nonspecific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of degenerative myopia. The code is NOT valid for the year 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.
Code Classification
Specific Coding for Degenerative myopia
Header codes like H44.2 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10 codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for degenerative myopia:
- H44.20 - ... unspecified eye
- H44.21 - ... right eye
- H44.22 - ... left eye
- H44.23 - ... bilateral
- H44.2A - Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization
- H44.2A1 - Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization, right eye
- H44.2A2 - Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization, left eye
- H44.2A3 - Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization, bilateral eye
- H44.2A9 - Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization, unspecified eye
- H44.2B - Degenerative myopia with macular hole
- H44.2B1 - Degenerative myopia with macular hole, right eye
- H44.2B2 - Degenerative myopia with macular hole, left eye
- H44.2B3 - Degenerative myopia with macular hole, bilateral eye
- H44.2B9 - Degenerative myopia with macular hole, unspecified eye
- H44.2C - Degenerative myopia with retinal detachment
- H44.2C1 - Degenerative myopia with retinal detachment, right eye
- H44.2C2 - Degenerative myopia with retinal detachment, left eye
- H44.2C3 - Degenerative myopia with retinal detachment, bilateral eye
- H44.2C9 - Degenerative myopia with retinal detachment, unspecified eye
- H44.2D - Degenerative myopia with foveoschisis
- H44.2D1 - Degenerative myopia with foveoschisis, right eye
- H44.2D2 - Degenerative myopia with foveoschisis, left eye
- H44.2D3 - Degenerative myopia with foveoschisis, bilateral eye
- H44.2D9 - Degenerative myopia with foveoschisis, unspecified eye
- H44.2E - Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy
- H44.2E1 - Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy, right eye
- H44.2E2 - Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy, left eye
- H44.2E3 - Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy, bilateral eye
- H44.2E9 - Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy, unspecified eye
Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries
The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to the code H44.2:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion TermsThese terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
- Malignant myopia
Index to Diseases and Injuries
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code H44.2 are found in the index:
- - Change (s) (in) (of) - See Also: Removal;
- - Chorioretinitis - See Also: Inflammation, chorioretinal;
- - progressive myopia (degeneration) - See Also: Myopia, degenerative; - H44.2
- - Disorder (of) - See Also: Disease;
- - globe - H44.9
- - degenerative - H44.30
- - myopia - See Also: Myopia, degenerative; - H44.2
- - degenerative - H44.30
- - globe - H44.9
- - Fuchs'
- - black spot (myopic) - See Also: Myopia, degenerative; - H44.2
- - Myopia (axial) (congenital) - H52.1
- - malignant - See Also: Myopia, degenerative; - H44.2
- - pernicious - See Also: Myopia, degenerative; - H44.2
- - progressive high (degenerative) - See Also: Myopia, degenerative; - H44.2
- - Spots, spotting (in) (of)
- - Fuchs' black (myopic) - See Also: Myopia, degenerative; - H44.2
- - Terry's syndrome - See Also: Myopia, degenerative; - H44.2
Clinical Information
- MYOPIA DEGENERATIVE-. excessive axial myopia associated with complications especially posterior staphyloma and choroidal neovascularization that can lead to blindness.
Information for Patients
Refractive Errors
Also called: Farsightedness, Hyperopia, Myopia, Nearsightedness
The cornea and lens of your eye helps you focus. Refractive errors are vision problems that happen when the shape of the eye keeps you from focusing well. The cause could be the length of the eyeball (longer or shorter), changes in the shape of the cornea, or aging of the lens.
Four common refractive errors are
- Myopia, or nearsightedness - clear vision close up but blurry in the distance
- Hyperopia, or farsightedness - clear vision in the distance but blurry close up
- Presbyopia - inability to focus close up as a result of aging
- Astigmatism - focus problems caused by the cornea
The most common symptom is blurred vision. Other symptoms may include double vision, haziness, glare or halos around bright lights, squinting, headaches, or eye strain.
Glasses or contact lenses can usually correct refractive errors. Laser eye surgery may also be a possibility.
NIH: National Eye Institute
- Astigmatism (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Facts about Presbyopia - NIH (National Eye Institute)
- Farsightedness (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Nearsightedness (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Presbyopia (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Refraction test (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Code History
- 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 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)