H44.2C
H44.2C — Degenerative myopia with retinal detachment
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H44.2C is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for degenerative myopia with retinal detachment. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
- code to identify the retinal detachment (H33.-)
Risk adjustment
H44.2C 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 H44.2C
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H44.2. If H44.2C is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- H44.20Degenerative myopia, unspecified eye
- 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
- H44.2DDegenerative myopia with foveoschisis
- H44.2EDegenerative myopia with other maculopathy
Questions about H44.2C
- Is H44.2C a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. H44.2C is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does H44.2C sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Disorders of vitreous body and globe (H43-H44).