H47.622 — Disorders of visual cortex in (due to) inflammatory disorders, left side of brain
H47.622 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for disorders of visual cortex in (due to) inflammatory disorders, left side of brain. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
H47.622 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.
Medicare coverage
H47.622 is named in 10 Medicare coverage policies — 10 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A53060Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography
- A56551Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
- A56726Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Posterior Segment Imaging (Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography)
- A56729Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Head and Neck
How H47.622 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to H47.622.
- Disorder›visual›cortex›due to›inflammatory disorder›left brain
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H47.62. If H47.622 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about H47.622
- Is H47.622 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. H47.622 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does H47.622 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Disorders of optic nerve and visual pathways (H46-H47).