H44.01

H44.01: Panophthalmitis (acute)

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H44.01 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for panophthalmitis (acute). It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H44.01

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on H44.0: Purulent endophthalmitis

bleb associated endophthalmitis (H59.4-)

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 H44.01

4 child codes. Green means billable.

H44.011Panophthalmitis (acute), right eye
H44.012Panophthalmitis (acute), left eye
H44.013Panophthalmitis (acute), bilateral
H44.019Panophthalmitis (acute), unspecified eye

Other codes under H44.0

H44.00Unspecified purulent endophthalmitis
H44.02Vitreous abscess (chronic)