H47.22
H47.22: Hereditary optic atrophy
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
H47.22 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for hereditary optic atrophy. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check H47.22 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Leber's optic atrophy
Other codes that can never be billed with H47.22
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- E88.4Mitochondrial metabolism disorders
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
H47.22 is named in 16 Medicare coverage policies: 16 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)
- A56551Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
- A56672Billing and Coding: Electroretinography (ERG)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Neuroretinopathy, hereditary optic
- Atrophy, atrophic›Leber's optic(hereditary)
- Leber's›optic atrophy(hereditary)
- Atrophy, atrophic›optic›hereditary
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.