H40.143
H40.143 — Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, bilateral
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMbilateral
H40.143 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, bilateral. 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
H40.143 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 H40.143
5 child codes. Green means billable.
- H40.1430Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, bilateral, stage unspecified
- H40.1431Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, bilateral, mild stage
- H40.1432Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, bilateral, moderate stage
- H40.1433Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, bilateral, severe stage
- H40.1434Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, bilateral, indeterminate stage
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H40.14. If H40.143 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about H40.143
- Is H40.143 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. H40.143 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does H40.143 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Glaucoma (H40-H42).