H44.2CurrentCategory · further specificity required

Degenerative myopia

Excludes 2 · 11

Chapters 7 · Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)

Excludes 2

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
neoplasms (C00-D49)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)

More specific codes

H44.20Degenerative myopia, unspecified eye H44.21Degenerative myopia, right eye H44.22Degenerative myopia, left eye H44.23Degenerative myopia, bilateral H44.2ADegenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization H44.2BDegenerative myopia with macular hole H44.2CDegenerative myopia with retinal detachment H44.2DDegenerative myopia with foveoschisis H44.2EDegenerative myopia with other maculopathy

Claims & coverage

When ICD-10-CM is required

For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.

Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.

Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗

First observed · 2015-10-01

Code history

No recorded change since first observation

ChangedUnchanged

FY2016

Effective from 2015-10-01

First observed

Degenerative myopia

Category — select a more specific code

CDC/NCHS · FY2016

All editions (19)

All editions	Effective from	Code history
FY2016	2015-10-01	First observed
FY2017	2016-10-01	No tabular change
FY2018	2017-10-01	No tabular change
FY2019	2018-10-01	No tabular change
FY2020	2019-10-01	No tabular change
FY2020 · April	2020-04-01	No tabular change
FY2021	2020-10-01	No tabular change
FY2021 · 01-01	2021-01-01	No tabular change
FY2022	2021-10-01	No tabular change
FY2022 · 04-01	2022-04-01	No tabular change
FY2023	2022-10-01	No tabular change
FY2023 · 04-01	2023-04-01	No tabular change
FY2024	2023-10-01	No tabular change
FY2024 · 04-01	2024-04-01	No tabular change
FY2025	2024-10-01	No tabular change
FY2025 · 04-01	2025-04-01	No tabular change
FY2026	2025-10-01	No tabular change
FY2026 · April	2026-04-01	No tabular change
FY2027	2026-10-01	No tabular change

Code-level instructions

Includes

Malignant myopia

Inherited instructions

Chapters 7 · Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)

Excludes 2

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
neoplasms (C00-D49)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)

Note

Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition

H44 · Disorders of globe

Includes

disorders affecting multiple structures of eye

More specific codes

H44.20Degenerative myopia, unspecified eyeBillable / specific H44.21Degenerative myopia, right eyeBillable / specific H44.22Degenerative myopia, left eyeBillable / specific H44.23Degenerative myopia, bilateralBillable / specific H44.2ADegenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularizationCategory · further specificity required H44.2BDegenerative myopia with macular holeCategory · further specificity required H44.2CDegenerative myopia with retinal detachmentCategory · further specificity required H44.2DDegenerative myopia with foveoschisisCategory · further specificity required H44.2EDegenerative myopia with other maculopathyCategory · further specificity required

Official index references (10)

Change(s) (in) (of) (1)

Change(s) (in) (of) › retina › myopicDisease index

Chorioretinitis (1)

Chorioretinitis › progressive myopia(degeneration)Disease index

Disorder(of) (1)

Disorder(of) › globe › degenerative › myopiaDisease index

Fuchs' (1)

Fuchs' › black spot(myopic)Disease index

Myopia(axial) (congenital) (3)

Myopia(axial) (congenital) › malignantDisease index
Myopia(axial) (congenital) › perniciousDisease index
Myopia(axial) (congenital) › progressive high(degenerative)Disease index

Spots, spotting(in) (of) (1)

Spots, spotting(in) (of) › Fuchs' black(myopic)Disease index

Syndrome (1)

Syndrome › Terry'sDisease index

Terry's syndrome (1)

Terry's syndromeDisease index

Related codes

Other entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.

Code	Description	Category · further specificity required
H44.0	Purulent endophthalmitis	Category · further specificity required
H44.1	Other endophthalmitis	Category · further specificity required
H44.3	Other and unspecified degenerative disorders of globe	Category · further specificity required
H44.4	Hypotony of eye	Category · further specificity required
H44.5	Degenerated conditions of globe	Category · further specificity required
H44.6	Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic	Category · further specificity required
H44.7	Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic	Category · further specificity required
H44.8	Other disorders of globe	Category · further specificity required
H44.9	Unspecified disorder of globe	Billable / specific

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