H18.83
H18.83 — Recurrent erosion of cornea
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H18.83 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for recurrent erosion of cornea. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with H18.83
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at H18.83. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading H18.83 alone.
- H18.4Corneal degeneration
Risk adjustment
H18.83 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.
Code to one of these instead H18.83
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H18.8. If H18.83 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about H18.83
- Is H18.83 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. H18.83 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does H18.83 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).