H44.2CDegenerative myopia with retinal detachment

H44.2C is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for degenerative myopia with retinal detachment. It belongs to category H44 (disorders of globe), block H43-H44 (disorders of vitreous body and globe) 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 H44.2 (degenerative myopia), H44.2C is specifically for degenerative myopia with retinal detachment. Related codes cover unspecified eye (H44.20), right eye (H44.21), left eye (H44.22), bilateral (H44.23), with choroidal neovascularization (H44.2A), with macular hole (H44.2B), with foveoschisis (H44.2D) and with other maculopathy (H44.2E).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: H44.2C1 (right eye), H44.2C2 (left eye), H44.2C3 (bilateral) and H44.2C9 (unspecified eye).

Use an additional code to identify the retinal detachment (H33.-).

It was added in FY2018, effective October 1, 2017.