H44.21
H44.21: Degenerative myopia, right eye
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMright
H44.21 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for degenerative myopia, right eye. It is valid for submission on a claim.
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No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
H44.21 is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies: 8 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A53060Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography
- A56537Billing and Coding: Scanning Computerized Ophthalmic Diagnostic Imaging (SCODI)
- A56726Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Posterior Segment Imaging (Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography)
- A56774Billing and Coding: Ophthalmic Angiography (Fluorescein and Indocyanine Green)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Myopia›degenerative›right eye
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under H44.2
- H44.20Degenerative myopia, unspecified 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