H40.0

H40.0: Glaucoma suspect

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H40.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for glaucoma suspect. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H40.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on H40: Glaucoma

absolute glaucoma (H44.51-)
congenital glaucoma (Q15.0)
traumatic glaucoma due to birth injury (P15.3)

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 H40.0

7 child codes. Green means billable.

H40.00Preglaucoma, unspecified
H40.01Open angle with borderline findings, low risk
H40.02Open angle with borderline findings, high risk
H40.03Anatomical narrow angle
H40.04Steroid responder
H40.05Ocular hypertension
H40.06Primary angle closure without glaucoma damage

Other codes under H40

H40.1Open-angle glaucoma
H40.2Primary angle-closure glaucoma
H40.3Glaucoma secondary to eye trauma
H40.4Glaucoma secondary to eye inflammation
H40.5Glaucoma secondary to other eye disorders
H40.6Glaucoma secondary to drugs
H40.8Other glaucoma
H40.9Unspecified glaucoma