Q13.8Other congenital malformations of anterior segment of eye

Q13.8 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other congenital malformations of anterior segment of eye. It belongs to category Q13 (congenital malformations of anterior segment of eye), block Q10-Q18 (congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck) and chapter 17 (congenital malformations, deformations, chromosomal abnormalities, and genetic disorders). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 2 subcodes must be used instead.

Within Q13, choose Q13.8 (Other congenital malformations of anterior segment of eye) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: coloboma of iris (Q13.0), absence of iris (Q13.1), other congenital malformations of iris (Q13.2), congenital corneal opacity (Q13.3), other congenital corneal malformations (Q13.4), Blue sclera (Q13.5) and congenital malformation of anterior segment of eye, unspecified (Q13.9).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: Q13.81 (anomaly) and Q13.89 (eye).

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