H40.0
Glaucoma suspect
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 14 never code together
H40code
H00-H59chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)E09.3-E10.3-E11.3-E13.3-
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)S05.-
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
- syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)A50.01A50.3-A51.43A52.71
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 1
H00-H59chapter
Notes
- Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
Index entries leading here filed at null
No alphabetic index entry points at this code.
Alongside this code 8 same parent — H40
H40.1 Open-angle glaucoma category H40.2 Primary angle-closure glaucoma category H40.3 Glaucoma secondary to eye trauma category H40.4 Glaucoma secondary to eye inflammation category H40.5 Glaucoma secondary to other eye disorders category H40.6 Glaucoma secondary to drugs category H40.8 Other glaucoma category H40.9 Unspecified glaucoma
Subordinate codes 7
Additional references
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