H40.63

H40.63: Glaucoma secondary to drugs, bilateral

Non-billable headerICD-10-CMbilateral

H40.63 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for glaucoma secondary to drugs, 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 H40.6 to designate the stage of glaucoma

0: stage unspecified
1: mild stage
2: moderate stage
3: severe stage
4: indeterminate stage

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H40.63

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on H40: Glaucoma

absolute glaucoma (H44.51-)
congenital glaucoma (Q15.0)
traumatic glaucoma due to birth injury (P15.3)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead H40.63

5 child codes. Green means billable.