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H51.8

H51.8: Other specified disorders of binocular movement

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

H51.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified disorders of binocular movement. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

H51.8 is named in 25 Medicare coverage policies: 25 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
  • A56551Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
  • A56619Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Oculogyric crisis or disturbance
  • Apraxia›oculomotor, congenital
  • Cogan's syndrome›oculomotor apraxia
  • Crisis›oculogyric
  • Deviation›eye, skew
  • Disturbance›oculogyric
  • Esophoria›divergence, insufficiency
  • Excess, excessive, excessively›divergence
  • Exophoria›divergence, excess
  • Insufficiency, insufficient›divergence
  • Paralysis, paralytic›divergence(nuclear)
  • Spasm, spastic, spasticity›conjugate

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under H51

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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