H40.223
H40.223 — Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, bilateral
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMbilateral
H40.223 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for chronic angle-closure glaucoma, 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 H40.22 to designate the stage of glaucoma
- 0
- stage unspecified
- 1
- mild stage
- 2
- moderate stage
- 3
- severe stage
- 4
- indeterminate stage
Risk adjustment
H40.223 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 H40.223
5 child codes. Green means billable.
- H40.2230Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, bilateral, stage unspecified
- H40.2231Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, bilateral, mild stage
- H40.2232Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, bilateral, moderate stage
- H40.2233Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, bilateral, severe stage
- H40.2234Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, bilateral, indeterminate stage
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H40.22. If H40.223 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about H40.223
- Is H40.223 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. H40.223 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does H40.223 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Glaucoma (H40-H42).