H18.21
H18.21: Corneal edema secondary to contact lens
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H18.21 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for corneal edema secondary to contact lens. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- other corneal disorders due to contact lens (H18.82-)
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 H18.21
4 child codes. Green means billable.