H44.20
Degenerative myopia, unspecified eye
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 8 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 11 never code together
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
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 3
Index entries leading here 8
- Fuchs'
- black spot (myopic) H44.2
- Change (s) (in) (of) — see also Removal
- Chorioretinitis — see also Inflammation, chorioretinal
- progressive myopia (degeneration) H44.2
- Disorder (of) — see also Disease
- Myopia (axial) (congenital) H52.1
- Spots, spotting (in) (of)
- Fuchs' black (myopic) H44.2
- Syndrome — see also Disease
- Terry's H44.2
- Terry's syndrome H44.2
Alongside this code 8 same parent — H44.2
H44.21 Degenerative myopia, right eye H44.22 Degenerative myopia, left eye H44.23 Degenerative myopia, bilateral H44.2A Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization category H44.2B Degenerative myopia with macular hole category H44.2C Degenerative myopia with retinal detachment category H44.2D Degenerative myopia with foveoschisis category H44.2E Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy category
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