H50.15

H50.15: Alternating exotropia

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

H50.15 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for alternating exotropia. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H50.15

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on H50.1: Exotropia

intermittent exotropia (H50.33-, H50.34)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

H50.15 is named in 22 Medicare coverage policies: 22 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A54095Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
A54969Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
A56619Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
A57123Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Strabismus›divergent concomitant›alternating

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.