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Allergic conjunctivitis is an acute, intermittent, or chronic conjunctival inflammation usually caused by airborne allergens. Symptoms include itching, lacrimation, discharge, and conjunctival hyperemia. Diagnosis is clinical. Treatment is with topical antihistamines and mast cell stabilizers.
People often refer to conjunctivitis as red eye. Other symptoms of conjunctivitis include itchiness and watering of the eyes, and sometimes a sticky coating on the eyelashes (if it's caused by an allergy). Conjunctivitis can affect one eye at first, but usually affects both eyes after a few hours.
The ICD-9-CM consists of:
ICD-10 code H10. 45 for Other chronic allergic conjunctivitis is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the eye and adnexa .
077.8 Viral conjunctivitis NEC - ICD-9-CM Vol.
Unspecified acute conjunctivitis, bilateral H10. 33 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 H10. 33 became effective on October 1, 2021.
ICD-10-CM Code for Unspecified acute conjunctivitis, left eye H10. 32.
372.14 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other chronic allergic conjunctivitis. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
Conjunctivitis is the medical name for pink eye. It involves inflammation of the outer layer of the eye and inside of the eyelid. It can cause swelling, itching, burning, discharge, and redness. Causes include
NOS "Not otherwise specified" - This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.
Pinkeye usually does not affect vision. Infectious pink eye can easily spread from one person to another. The infection will clear in most cases without medical care, but bacterial pinkeye needs treatment with antibiotic eye drops or ointment.