H15.0 — Scleritis
Not billable
Is H15.0 billable?
No — H15.0 is a non-billable header code. H15.0 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 28 billable codes beneath H15.0.
Billable codes under this header
- 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
H15.0 at a glance
| Code | H15.0 |
|---|---|
| Description | Scleritis |
| 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 H15.0, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H15.0 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 H15.0? (7)
How long has H15.0 existed?
H15.0 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.