H20.0
H20.0: Acute and subacute iridocyclitis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H20.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acute and subacute iridocyclitis. 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.
- iridocyclitis, iritis, uveitis (due to) (in) diabetes mellitus (E08-E13 with .39)
- iridocyclitis, iritis, uveitis (due to) (in) diphtheria (A36.89)
- iridocyclitis, iritis, uveitis (due to) (in) gonococcal (A54.32)
- iridocyclitis, iritis, uveitis (due to) (in) herpes (simplex) (B00.51)
- iridocyclitis, iritis, uveitis (due to) (in) herpes zoster (B02.32)
- iridocyclitis, iritis, uveitis (due to) (in) late congenital syphilis (A50.39)
- iridocyclitis, iritis, uveitis (due to) (in) late syphilis (A52.71)
- iridocyclitis, iritis, uveitis (due to) (in) sarcoidosis (D86.83)
- iridocyclitis, iritis, uveitis (due to) (in) syphilis (A51.43)
- iridocyclitis, iritis, uveitis (due to) (in) toxoplasmosis (B58.09)
- iridocyclitis, iritis, uveitis (due to) (in) tuberculosis (A18.54)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Acute anterior uveitis
- Acute cyclitis
- Acute iritis
- Subacute anterior uveitis
- Subacute cyclitis
- Subacute iritis
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 H20.0
6 child codes. Green means billable.