2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H50.00

Unspecified esotropia

ICD-10-CM Code:
H50.00
ICD-10 Code for:
Unspecified esotropia
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 strabismus
        (H50)

H50.00 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of unspecified esotropia. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Unspecified diagnosis codes like H50.00 are acceptable when clinical information is unknown or not available about a particular condition. Although a more specific code is preferable, unspecified codes should be used when such codes most accurately reflect what is known about a patient's condition. Specific diagnosis codes should not be used if not supported by the patient's medical record.

Approximate Synonyms

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

  • A pattern strabismus
  • Acquired esotropia
  • Acquired esotropia
  • Acquired esotropia
  • Acquired esotropia
  • Acute esotropia
  • Bilateral infantile esotropia of eyes
  • Blepharophimosis, ptosis, esotropia, syndactyly, short stature syndrome
  • Congenital blepharophimosis
  • Consecutive esotropia
  • Convergence excess esotropia
  • Distance esotropia
  • Esoptropia of bilateral eyes
  • Esotropia
  • Esotropia of left eye
  • Esotropia of right eye
  • Esotropia with dissociated vertical deviation
  • Esotropia with nystagmus
  • Esotropia with nystagmus block
  • Infantile esotropia
  • Infantile esotropia
  • Infantile esotropia
  • Infantile esotropia
  • Infantile esotropia of left eye
  • Infantile esotropia of right eye
  • Intermittent esotropia
  • Intermittent monocular esotropia
  • Intermittent tropia
  • Intermittent tropia
  • Manifest convergent squint
  • Monocular esotropia
  • Monocular esotropia with A pattern
  • Monocular esotropia with noncommitance other than A OR V pattern
  • Monocular esotropia with V pattern
  • Monocular esotropia with X or Y pattern
  • Monocular esotropia with X pattern
  • Monocular esotropia with Y pattern
  • Near esotropia
  • Nonaccommodative esotropia
  • Nonaccommodative esotropia of bilateral eyes
  • Nonaccommodative esotropia of left eye
  • Nonaccommodative esotropia of right eye
  • Paretic esotropia
  • Primary esotropia
  • Pseudoesotropia
  • Pseudoesotropia of bilateral eyes
  • Pseudoesotropia of left eye
  • Pseudoesotropia of right eye
  • Residual esotropia
  • Secondary esotropia
  • Sensory deprivation esotropia
  • Sensory deprivation esotropia of left eye
  • Sensory deprivation esotropia of right eye
  • V-pattern esotropia
  • V-pattern strabismus
  • V-pattern strabismus

Clinical Classification

Clinical Information

  • Esotropia

    a form of ocular misalignment characterized by an excessive convergence of the visual axes, resulting in a "cross-eye" appearance. an example of this condition occurs when paralysis of the lateral rectus muscle causes an abnormal inward deviation of one eye on attempted gaze.

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 H50.00 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: 378.00 - Esotropia NOS

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.