H40.51X3
H40.51X3: Glaucoma secondary to other eye disorders, right eye, severe stage
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMright
H40.51X3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for glaucoma secondary to other eye disorders, right eye, severe stage. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check H40.51X3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber7th character "3": severe stage
One of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to each code in subcategory H40.5 to designate the stage of glaucoma
- 0
- stage unspecified
- 1
- mild stage
- 2
- moderate stage
- 3
- severe stage
- 4
- indeterminate stage
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
H40.51X3 is named in 24 Medicare coverage policies: 24 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A53060Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography
- A55639Billing and Coding: Chemotherapy Agents for Non-Oncologic Conditions
- A56457Billing and Coding: Corneal Pachymetry
- A56537Billing and Coding: Scanning Computerized Ophthalmic Diagnostic Imaging (SCODI)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under H40.51
- H40.51X0Glaucoma secondary to other eye disorders, right eye, stage unspecified
- H40.51X1Glaucoma secondary to other eye disorders, right eye, mild stage
- H40.51X2Glaucoma secondary to other eye disorders, right eye, moderate stage
- H40.51X4Glaucoma secondary to other eye disorders, right eye, indeterminate stage