H11.14Conjunctival xerosis, unspecified

H11.14 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for conjunctival xerosis, unspecified. It belongs to category H11 (other disorders of conjunctiva), block H10-H11 (disorders of conjunctiva) and chapter 7 (diseases of the eye and adnexa). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 4 subcodes must be used instead.

Within H11.1, choose H11.14 (Conjunctival xerosis, unspecified) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: unspecified conjunctival degenerations (H11.10), conjunctival deposits (H11.11), conjunctival concretions (H11.12), conjunctival pigmentations (H11.13) and Pinguecula (H11.15).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: H11.141 (right eye), H11.142 (left eye), H11.143 (bilateral) and H11.149 (unspecified eye).

Don't report H11.14 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: xerosis of conjunctiva due to vitamin A deficiency (E50.0, E50.1).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.