H44.1
Other endophthalmitis
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 13 never code together
H44.1code
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 2
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Alongside this code 9 same parent — H44
H44.0 Purulent endophthalmitis category H44.2 Degenerative myopia category H44.3 Other and unspecified degenerative disorders of globe category H44.4 Hypotony of eye category H44.5 Degenerated conditions of globe category H44.6 Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic category H44.7 Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic category H44.8 Other disorders of globe category H44.9 Unspecified disorder of globe
Subordinate codes 4
Medications 1
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