H44
Disorders of globe
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
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 2
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Subordinate codes 10
H44.0 Purulent endophthalmitis H44.1 Other endophthalmitis H44.2 Degenerative myopia H44.3 Other and unspecified degenerative disorders of globe H44.4 Hypotony of eye H44.5 Degenerated conditions of globe H44.6 Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic H44.7 Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic H44.8 Other disorders of globe H44.9 Unspecified disorder of globe
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