Is H50.69 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. H50.69 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does H50.69 sit in the tabular list?

Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Disorders of ocular muscles, binocular movement, accommodation and refraction (H49-H52).

H50.69

H50.69 — Other mechanical strabismus

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

H50.69 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other mechanical strabismus. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Strabismus due to adhesions
Traumatic limitation of duction of eye muscle

Risk adjustment

H50.69 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

H50.69 is named in 26 Medicare coverage policies — 26 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A54095Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
A54969Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
A56619Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
A56729Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Head and Neck

How H50.69 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 H50.69.

Strabismus›due to adhesions, scars
Strabismus›mechanical›specified type NEC

Related codes at this level

Codes that share H50.6. If H50.69 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about H50.69

Is H50.69 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. H50.69 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does H50.69 sit in the tabular list?: Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Disorders of ocular muscles, binocular movement, accommodation and refraction (H49-H52).