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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 .
995.3 Allergy, unspecified - ICD-9-CM Vol.
ICD-10 code: T78. 4 Allergy, unspecified | gesund.bund.de.
Allergy, unspecified, initial encounter T78. 40XA 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 T78. 40XA became effective on October 1, 2021.
Right infectious conjunctivitis. Clinical Information. Conjunctivitis; inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye. Inflammation of the mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelids and the anterior part of the sclera; also called pinkeye and redeye.
Conjunctivitis; inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye
ICD-9-CM 372.30 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 372.30 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
372.05 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of acute atopic conjunctivitis. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
References found for the code 372.05 in the Index of Diseases and Injuries:
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
General Equivalence Map Definitions The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.