H44.20
H44.20: Degenerative myopia, unspecified eye
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMunspecified
H44.20 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for degenerative myopia, unspecified eye. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check H44.20 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberRisk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
H44.20 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57637Billing and Coding: Visual Field Examination
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Myopia›degenerative(malignant)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under H44.2
- H44.21Degenerative myopia, right eye
- H44.22Degenerative myopia, left eye
- H44.23Degenerative myopia, bilateral
- H44.2ADegenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization
- H44.2BDegenerative myopia with macular hole
- H44.2CDegenerative myopia with retinal detachment
- H44.2DDegenerative myopia with foveoschisis
- H44.2EDegenerative myopia with other maculopathy