H40.53
H40.53 — Glaucoma secondary to other eye disorders, bilateral
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMbilateral
H40.53 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for glaucoma secondary to other eye disorders, 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 H40.5 to designate the stage of glaucoma
- 0
- stage unspecified
- 1
- mild stage
- 2
- moderate stage
- 3
- severe stage
- 4
- indeterminate stage
Risk adjustment
H40.53 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 H40.53
5 child codes. Green means billable.
- H40.53X0Glaucoma secondary to other eye disorders, bilateral, stage unspecified
- H40.53X1Glaucoma secondary to other eye disorders, bilateral, mild stage
- H40.53X2Glaucoma secondary to other eye disorders, bilateral, moderate stage
- H40.53X3Glaucoma secondary to other eye disorders, bilateral, severe stage
- H40.53X4Glaucoma secondary to other eye disorders, bilateral, indeterminate stage
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H40.5. If H40.53 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about H40.53
- Is H40.53 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. H40.53 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does H40.53 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Glaucoma (H40-H42).