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ICD-10 H49.4 - Progressive external ophthalmoplegia
Chapter 7 Section H49-H52

H49.4

ICD-10 Not billable

Progressive external ophthalmoplegia

Specifically for this code:
  • Kearns-Sayre syndrome (H49.81-)
From Section H49-H52:
  • nystagmus and other irregular eye movements (H55)
From Chapter 7:
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
  • syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)
From Chapter 7:
  • Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
H49.4 is a "category code," which means it's non-billable. Billable codes require more specificity. Use the list below to navigate to codes that are more specific:
10
H49.40
Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, unspecified eye
Billable
10
H49.41
Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, right eye
Billable
10
H49.42
Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, left eye
Billable
10
H49.43
Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, bilateral
Billable
      
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