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H10.81

H10.81: Pingueculitis

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H10.81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pingueculitis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

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

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H10.81

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on H10: Conjunctivitis

  • keratoconjunctivitis (H16.2-)

Other codes that can never be billed with H10.81

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

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead H10.81

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under H10.8

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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