H40.149
H40.149 — Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, unspecified eye
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMunspecified
H40.149 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, unspecified 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
H40.149 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 H40.149
5 child codes. Green means billable.
- H40.1490Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, unspecified eye, stage unspecified
- H40.1491Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, unspecified eye, mild stage
- H40.1492Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, unspecified eye, moderate stage
- H40.1493Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, unspecified eye, severe stage
- H40.1494Capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens, unspecified eye, indeterminate stage
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H40.14. If H40.149 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about H40.149
- Is H40.149 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. H40.149 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does H40.149 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Glaucoma (H40-H42).