ICD-10-CM FY2027 diagnosis code

H44: Disorders of globe

Header code: not billableValid for dates of service October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027

H44 groups related diagnoses under disorders of globe. It cannot be used on a claim by itself. Choose the billable code below that matches the patient's record.

Billable codes under H44

H44.001Unspecified purulent endophthalmitis, right eye
H44.002Unspecified purulent endophthalmitis, left eye
H44.003Unspecified purulent endophthalmitis, bilateral
H44.009Unspecified purulent endophthalmitis, unspecified eye
H44.011Panophthalmitis (acute), right eye
H44.012Panophthalmitis (acute), left eye
H44.013Panophthalmitis (acute), bilateral
H44.019Panophthalmitis (acute), unspecified eye
H44.021Vitreous abscess (chronic), right eye
H44.022Vitreous abscess (chronic), left eye
H44.023Vitreous abscess (chronic), bilateral
H44.029Vitreous abscess (chronic), unspecified eye
H44.111Panuveitis, right eye
H44.112Panuveitis, left eye
H44.113Panuveitis, bilateral
H44.119Panuveitis, unspecified eye
H44.121Parasitic endophthalmitis, unspecified, right eye
H44.122Parasitic endophthalmitis, unspecified, left eye
H44.123Parasitic endophthalmitis, unspecified, bilateral
H44.129Parasitic endophthalmitis, unspecified, unspecified eye
H44.131Sympathetic uveitis, right eye
H44.132Sympathetic uveitis, left eye
H44.133Sympathetic uveitis, bilateral
H44.139Sympathetic uveitis, unspecified eye
H44.19Other endophthalmitis
H44.20Degenerative myopia, unspecified eye
H44.21Degenerative myopia, right eye
H44.22Degenerative myopia, left eye
H44.23Degenerative myopia, bilateral
H44.2A1Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization, right eye
H44.2A2Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization, left eye
H44.2A3Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization, bilateral
H44.2A9Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization, unspecified eye
H44.2B1Degenerative myopia with macular hole, right eye
H44.2B2Degenerative myopia with macular hole, left eye
H44.2B3Degenerative myopia with macular hole, bilateral
H44.2B9Degenerative myopia with macular hole, unspecified eye
H44.2C1Degenerative myopia with retinal detachment, right eye
H44.2C2Degenerative myopia with retinal detachment, left eye
H44.2C3Degenerative myopia with retinal detachment, bilateral
H44.2C9Degenerative myopia with retinal detachment, unspecified eye
H44.2D1Degenerative myopia with foveoschisis, right eye
H44.2D2Degenerative myopia with foveoschisis, left eye
H44.2D3Degenerative myopia with foveoschisis, bilateral
H44.2D9Degenerative myopia with foveoschisis, unspecified eye
H44.2E1Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy, right eye
H44.2E2Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy, left eye
H44.2E3Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy, bilateral
H44.2E9Degenerative myopia with other maculopathy, unspecified eye
H44.30Unspecified degenerative disorder of globe
H44.311Chalcosis, right eye
H44.312Chalcosis, left eye
H44.313Chalcosis, bilateral
H44.319Chalcosis, unspecified eye
H44.321Siderosis of eye, right eye
H44.322Siderosis of eye, left eye
H44.323Siderosis of eye, bilateral
H44.329Siderosis of eye, unspecified eye
H44.391Other degenerative disorders of globe, right eye
H44.392Other degenerative disorders of globe, left eye
H44.393Other degenerative disorders of globe, bilateral
H44.399Other degenerative disorders of globe, unspecified eye
H44.40Unspecified hypotony of eye
H44.411Flat anterior chamber hypotony of right eye
H44.412Flat anterior chamber hypotony of left eye
H44.413Flat anterior chamber hypotony of eye, bilateral
H44.419Flat anterior chamber hypotony of unspecified eye
H44.421Hypotony of right eye due to ocular fistula
H44.422Hypotony of left eye due to ocular fistula
H44.423Hypotony of eye due to ocular fistula, bilateral
H44.429Hypotony of unspecified eye due to ocular fistula
H44.431Hypotony of eye due to other ocular disorders, right eye
H44.432Hypotony of eye due to other ocular disorders, left eye
H44.433Hypotony of eye due to other ocular disorders, bilateral
H44.439Hypotony of eye due to other ocular disorders, unspecified eye
H44.441Primary hypotony of right eye
H44.442Primary hypotony of left eye
H44.443Primary hypotony of eye, bilateral
H44.449Primary hypotony of unspecified eye
H44.50Unspecified degenerated conditions of globe
H44.511Absolute glaucoma, right eye
H44.512Absolute glaucoma, left eye
H44.513Absolute glaucoma, bilateral
H44.519Absolute glaucoma, unspecified eye
H44.521Atrophy of globe, right eye
H44.522Atrophy of globe, left eye
H44.523Atrophy of globe, bilateral
H44.529Atrophy of globe, unspecified eye
H44.531Leucocoria, right eye
H44.532Leucocoria, left eye
H44.533Leucocoria, bilateral
H44.539Leucocoria, unspecified eye
H44.601Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, right eye
H44.602Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, left eye
H44.603Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, bilateral
H44.609Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, unspecified eye
H44.611Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in anterior chamber, right eye
H44.612Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in anterior chamber, left eye
H44.613Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in anterior chamber, bilateral
H44.619Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in anterior chamber, unspecified eye
H44.621Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in iris or ciliary body, right eye
H44.622Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in iris or ciliary body, left eye
H44.623Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in iris or ciliary body, bilateral
H44.629Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in iris or ciliary body, unspecified eye
H44.631Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in lens, right eye
H44.632Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in lens, left eye
H44.633Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in lens, bilateral
H44.639Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in lens, unspecified eye
H44.641Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in posterior wall of globe, right eye
H44.642Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in posterior wall of globe, left eye
H44.643Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in posterior wall of globe, bilateral
H44.649Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in posterior wall of globe, unspecified eye
H44.651Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in vitreous body, right eye
H44.652Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in vitreous body, left eye
H44.653Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in vitreous body, bilateral
H44.659Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in vitreous body, unspecified eye
H44.691Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, in other or multiple sites, right eye
H44.692Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, in other or multiple sites, left eye
H44.693Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, in other or multiple sites, bilateral
H44.699Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, in other or multiple sites, unspecified eye
H44.701Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic, right eye
H44.702Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic, left eye
H44.703Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic, bilateral
H44.709Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic, unspecified eye
H44.711Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in anterior chamber, right eye
H44.712Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in anterior chamber, left eye
H44.713Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in anterior chamber, bilateral
H44.719Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in anterior chamber, unspecified eye
H44.721Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in iris or ciliary body, right eye
H44.722Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in iris or ciliary body, left eye
H44.723Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in iris or ciliary body, bilateral
H44.729Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in iris or ciliary body, unspecified eye
H44.731Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in lens, right eye
H44.732Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in lens, left eye
H44.733Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in lens, bilateral
H44.739Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in lens, unspecified eye
H44.741Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in posterior wall of globe, right eye
H44.742Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in posterior wall of globe, left eye
H44.743Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in posterior wall of globe, bilateral
H44.749Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in posterior wall of globe, unspecified eye
H44.751Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in vitreous body, right eye
H44.752Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in vitreous body, left eye
H44.753Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in vitreous body, bilateral
H44.759Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in vitreous body, unspecified eye
H44.791Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic, in other or multiple sites, right eye
H44.792Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic, in other or multiple sites, left eye
H44.793Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic, in other or multiple sites, bilateral
H44.799Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic, in other or multiple sites, unspecified eye
H44.811Hemophthalmos, right eye
H44.812Hemophthalmos, left eye
H44.813Hemophthalmos, bilateral
H44.819Hemophthalmos, unspecified eye
H44.821Luxation of globe, right eye
H44.822Luxation of globe, left eye
H44.823Luxation of globe, bilateral
H44.829Luxation of globe, unspecified eye
H44.89Other disorders of globe
H44.9Unspecified disorder of globe

H44 questions

Is H44 a billable code?

No. H44 is a header code that groups 158 more specific codes. Use one of the billable codes listed on this page instead.

What does H44 mean?

H44 is the ICD-10-CM code for Disorders of globe. It is in chapter 7, Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59).

Code titles come from the official ICD-10-CM files published by the CDC National Center for Health Statistics. Always check payer rules and the clinical record before billing.