Is H44.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. H44.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does H44.2 sit in the tabular list?

Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Disorders of vitreous body and globe (H43-H44).

H44.2

H44.2 — Degenerative myopia

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H44.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for degenerative myopia. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Malignant myopia

Other codes that can never be billed with H44.2

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at H44.2. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading H44.2 alone.

H52.1Myopia

Risk adjustment

H44.2 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 H44.2

9 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share H44. If H44.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about H44.2

Is H44.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. H44.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does H44.2 sit in the tabular list?: Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Disorders of vitreous body and globe (H43-H44).