Q15.0
Congenital glaucoma
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 11 never code together
Q15code
Q10-Q18block
Excludes2
- cleft lip and cleft palate (Q35-Q37)Q35-Q37
- congenital malformation of cervical spine (Q05.0, Q05.5, Q67.5, Q76.0-Q76.4)Q05.0Q05.5Q67.5Q76.0-Q76.4
- congenital malformation of larynx (Q31.-)Q31.-
- congenital malformation of lip NEC (Q38.0)Q38.0
- congenital malformation of nose (Q30.-)Q30.-
- congenital malformation of parathyroid gland (Q89.2)Q89.2
- congenital malformation of thyroid gland (Q89.2)Q89.2
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 9
Q15.0code
Inclusion terms
- Axenfeld's anomaly
- Buphthalmos
- Glaucoma of childhood
- Glaucoma of newborn
- Hydrophthalmos
- Keratoglobus, congenital, with glaucoma
- Macrocornea with glaucoma
- Macrophthalmos in congenital glaucoma
- Megalocornea with glaucoma
Index entries leading here 10
- Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) Q89.9
- Axenfeld's Q15.0
- Axenfeld's
- anomaly or syndrome Q15.0
- Atresia, atretic
- iris, filtration angle Q15.0
- Buphthalmia, buphthalmos (congenital) Q15.0
- Glaucoma H40.9
- Keratoglobus H18.79
- Hydrophthalmos Q15.0
- Macrophthalmos Q11.3
- in congenital glaucoma Q15.0
- Macrocornea Q15.8
- with glaucoma Q15.0
- Megalocornea Q15.8
- with glaucoma Q15.0
Alongside this code 2 same parent — Q15
Additional references
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