2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H50.66

Superior oblique muscle entrapment

ICD-10-CM Code:
H50.66
ICD-10 Code for:
Superior oblique muscle entrapment
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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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)

H50.66 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of superior oblique muscle entrapment. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 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.

Specific Coding Applicable to Superior oblique muscle entrapment

Non-specific codes like H50.66 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for superior oblique muscle entrapment:

  • Use H50.661 for Superior oblique muscle entrapment, right eye - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use H50.662 for Superior oblique muscle entrapment, left eye - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use H50.669 for Superior oblique muscle entrapment, unspecified eye - BILLABLE CODE

New 2024 ICD-10-CM Code

H50.66 is new to ICD-10-CM code set for the FY 2024, effective October 1, 2023. The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has published an update to the ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes which became effective October 1, 2023. This is a new and revised code for the FY 2024 (October 1, 2023 - September 30, 2024).

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).

Code History

  • FY 2024 - Code Added, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024