H10.44

H10.44: Vernal conjunctivitis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

H10.44 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for vernal conjunctivitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check H10.44 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

vernal keratoconjunctivitis with limbar and corneal involvement (H16.26-)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H10.44

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on H10: Conjunctivitis

keratoconjunctivitis (H16.2-)

Other codes that can never be billed with H10.44

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

H16.26Vernal keratoconjunctivitis, with limbar and corneal involvement

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

H10.44 is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies: 13 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56558Billing and Coding: Allergy Testing
A57068Billing and Coding: Ocular Photography - External
A57531Billing and Coding: Allergy Testing
A60360Billing and Coding: Allergy Diagnostic Testing

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Conjunctivitis NOS›chronic›vernal
Conjunctivitis NOS›allergic›chronic›vernal
Conjunctivitis NOS›chronic›allergic›vernal

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.