ICD-10 code for eyeball disease

The ICD-10-CM code for eyeball disease is H44.9 (Unspecified disorder of globe). The official index lists 1 more specific code, so check the documentation for details such as type, cause, site or severity before settling on H44.9.

Within H44, choose H44.9 (Unspecified disorder of globe) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: purulent endophthalmitis (H44.0), other endophthalmitis (H44.1), degenerative myopia (H44.2), other and unspecified degenerative disorders of globe (H44.3), hypotony of eye (H44.4), degenerated conditions of globe (H44.5), retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic (H44.6), retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic (H44.7) and 1 more.

It is not a CC or MCC, so as a secondary diagnosis it doesn't change the MS-DRG severity level.

In MS-DRG v44.0, it is part of the grouping logic for DRG 124 (Other Disorders of the Eye with MCC or Thrombolytic Agent, relative weight 1.2471) and DRG 125 (Other Disorders of the Eye without MCC, relative weight 0.7702), in MDC 02 (Diseases and Disorders of the Eye), as a principal or secondary diagnosis. The DRG a claim lands in depends on the principal diagnosis, procedures and any CC/MCC secondary diagnoses.