icd 10 code for left pterygium

What is the ICD 10 code for pterygium of left eye?

2018/2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H11.002. Unspecified pterygium of left eye. H11.002 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

What is the ICD 10 code for progressive pterygium?

Peripheral pterygium, progressive, left eye. H11.052 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM H11.052 became effective on October 1, 2019. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H11.052 - other international versions of ICD-10 H11.052 may differ.

What is the ICD 10 code for pseudopterygium of conjunctiva?

pseudopterygium (. ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H11.81. Pseudopterygium of conjunctiva. 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code. H11.81-) The following code (s) above H11.0 contain annotation back-references. Annotation Back-References.

What is the diagnosis code for pterygium?

H11. 003 - Unspecified pterygium of eye, bilateral | ICD-10-CM.

What is the code for recurrent pterygium of both eyes?

2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H11. 06: Recurrent pterygium of eye.

What is nasal pterygium?

Pterygium, from the Greek pterygos meaning “wing”, is a common ocular surface lesion originating in the limbal conjunctiva within the palpebral fissure with progressive involvement of the cornea. The lesion occurs more frequently at the nasal limbus than the temporal with a characteristic wing-like appearance.

What is H52 01?

2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H52. 01: Hypermetropia, right eye.

What is the CPT code for pterygium?

CPT® Code 65426 in section: Excision or transposition of pterygium.

What is pterygium autograft?

Pterygium excision combined with a tissue graft has a lower risk of recurrence. In conjunctival autograft surgery, conjunctival tissue from another part of the person's eye along with limbal tissue is resected in one piece and used to cover the area from which the pterygium was excised.

What is pterygium and its types?

Pterygium or Surfer's eye is a degenerative condition of the conjunctiva that proliferates as a fibrovascular growth to invade the cornea. Pterygium or Surfer's eye is referred to as a pinkish wing-shaped ocular surface lesion or a benign tissue growth onto the cornea.

What is another name for pterygium?

A pterygium of the eye (plural pterygia or pterygiums, also called surfer's eye) is a pinkish, roughly triangular tissue growth of the conjunctiva onto the cornea of the eye.

Why is pterygium on the nasal side?

The predominance of pterygia on the nasal side in the interpalpebral zone is speculated to result from the following mechanisms: Light passes through the cornea medially, concentrating on the nasal limbus region, while the nose shadow decreases the strength of light transmitted to the temporal limbus.

What is Hyperboia?

Overview. Farsightedness (hyperopia) is a common vision condition in which you can see distant objects clearly, but objects nearby may be blurry.

What do you understand by the term Hypermetropic eye?

In short, the definition of Hypermetropia (long sightedness) is where the eye is shorter than normal or the cornea is too flat, meaning that light rays focus behind the retina. Light rays from close objects such as pages of a book cannot be focused on clearly by the retina.

How do you code a double pterygium?

Double pterygium of unspecified eyeH11. 039 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM H11. 039 became effective on October 1, 2021.This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H11.

What is the ICD-10 code for Pseudophakia?

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H27 129 Anterior dislocation of lens, unspecified eye...

What is the ICD-10 code for refractive error?

H52. 7 - Unspecified disorder of refraction. ICD-10-CM.

What is the ICD-10 code for chalazion?

ICD-10 code H00. 1 for Chalazion is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the eye and adnexa .

What is a type 1 exclude note?

A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as H11.0. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.

Is H11.0 a reimbursement code?

Pterygium of eye. H11.0 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM H11.0 became effective on October 1, 2020.