H18.79

H18.79: Other corneal deformities

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H18.79 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other corneal deformities. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H18.79

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on H18.7: Other and unspecified corneal deformities

congenital malformations of cornea (Q13.3-Q13.4)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Keratoglobus

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead H18.79

4 child codes. Green means billable.

H18.791Other corneal deformities, right eye
H18.792Other corneal deformities, left eye
H18.793Other corneal deformities, bilateral
H18.799Other corneal deformities, unspecified eye

Other codes under H18.7

H18.70Unspecified corneal deformity
H18.71Corneal ectasia
H18.72Corneal staphyloma
H18.73Descemetocele