H50.69
Other mechanical strabismus
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 12 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 1
Alongside this code 9 same parent — H50.6
H50.60 Mechanical strabismus, unspecified H50.61 Brown's sheath syndrome category H50.62 Inferior oblique muscle entrapment category H50.63 Inferior rectus muscle entrapment category H50.64 Lateral rectus muscle entrapment category H50.65 Medial rectus muscle entrapment category H50.66 Superior oblique muscle entrapment category H50.67 Superior rectus muscle entrapment category H50.68 Extraocular muscle entrapment, unspecified category
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