H40.142
H40.142 — Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, left eye
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMleft
H40.142 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, left eye. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
One of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to each code in subcategory H40.14 to designate the stage of glaucoma
- 0
- stage unspecified
- 1
- mild stage
- 2
- moderate stage
- 3
- severe stage
- 4
- indeterminate stage
Risk adjustment
H40.142 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 H40.142
5 child codes. Green means billable.
- H40.1420Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, left eye, stage unspecified
- H40.1421Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, left eye, mild stage
- H40.1422Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, left eye, moderate stage
- H40.1423Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, left eye, severe stage
- H40.1424Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, left eye, indeterminate stage
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H40.14. If H40.142 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about H40.142
- Is H40.142 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. H40.142 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does H40.142 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Glaucoma (H40-H42).