H15 — Disorders of sclera
Not billable
Is H15 billable?
No — H15 is a non-billable header code. H15 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 60 billable codes beneath H15.
Billable codes under this header
- H15.9Unspecified disorder of sclera
- H15.89Other disorders of sclera
- H15.001Unspecified scleritis, right eye
- H15.002Unspecified scleritis, left eye
- H15.003Unspecified scleritis, bilateral
- H15.009Unspecified scleritis, unspecified eye
- H15.011Anterior scleritis, right eye
- H15.012Anterior scleritis, left eye
- H15.013Anterior scleritis, bilateral
- H15.019Anterior scleritis, unspecified eye
- H15.021Brawny scleritis, right eye
- H15.022Brawny scleritis, left eye
- H15.023Brawny scleritis, bilateral
- H15.029Brawny scleritis, unspecified eye
- H15.031Posterior scleritis, right eye
- H15.032Posterior scleritis, left eye
- H15.033Posterior scleritis, bilateral
- H15.039Posterior scleritis, unspecified eye
- H15.041Scleritis with corneal involvement, right eye
- H15.042Scleritis with corneal involvement, left eye
- H15.043Scleritis with corneal involvement, bilateral
- H15.049Scleritis with corneal involvement, unspecified eye
- H15.051Scleromalacia perforans, right eye
- H15.052Scleromalacia perforans, left eye
- H15.053Scleromalacia perforans, bilateral
- H15.059Scleromalacia perforans, unspecified eye
- H15.091Other scleritis, right eye
- H15.092Other scleritis, left eye
- H15.093Other scleritis, bilateral
- H15.099Other scleritis, unspecified eye
- H15.101Unspecified episcleritis, right eye
- H15.102Unspecified episcleritis, left eye
- H15.103Unspecified episcleritis, bilateral
- H15.109Unspecified episcleritis, unspecified eye
- H15.111Episcleritis periodica fugax, right eye
- H15.112Episcleritis periodica fugax, left eye
- H15.113Episcleritis periodica fugax, bilateral
- H15.119Episcleritis periodica fugax, unspecified eye
- H15.121Nodular episcleritis, right eye
- H15.122Nodular episcleritis, left eye
- H15.123Nodular episcleritis, bilateral
- H15.129Nodular episcleritis, unspecified eye
- H15.811Equatorial staphyloma, right eye
- H15.812Equatorial staphyloma, left eye
- H15.813Equatorial staphyloma, bilateral
- H15.819Equatorial staphyloma, unspecified eye
- H15.821Localized anterior staphyloma, right eye
- H15.822Localized anterior staphyloma, left eye
- H15.823Localized anterior staphyloma, bilateral
- H15.829Localized anterior staphyloma, unspecified eye
- H15.831Staphyloma posticum, right eye
- H15.832Staphyloma posticum, left eye
- H15.833Staphyloma posticum, bilateral
- H15.839Staphyloma posticum, unspecified eye
- H15.841Scleral ectasia, right eye
- H15.842Scleral ectasia, left eye
- H15.843Scleral ectasia, bilateral
- H15.849Scleral ectasia, unspecified eye
- H15.851Ring staphyloma, right eye
- H15.852Ring staphyloma, left eye
H15 at a glance
| Code | H15 |
|---|---|
| Description | Disorders of sclera |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 7
The conditions below are not part of H15, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H15 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)
What codes fall under H15? (4)
How long has H15 existed?
H15 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.