H15.89 — Other disorders of sclera
H15.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other disorders of sclera. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
H15.89 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
H15.89 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies — 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56537Billing and Coding: Scanning Computerized Ophthalmic Diagnostic Imaging (SCODI)
- A57483Billing and Coding: Visual Fields
How H15.89 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to H15.89.
- Hyalin plaque, sclera, senile
- Calcification›sclera
- Cyst›sclera
- Melanosis›sclera
- Necrosis, necrotic›sclera
- Ossification›sclera
- Disease, diseased›sclera›specified NEC
- Loss›substance of›vitreous(humor)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H15.8. If H15.89 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about H15.89
- Is H15.89 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. H15.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does H15.89 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Disorders of sclera, cornea, iris and ciliary body (H15-H22).