H16.0 — Corneal ulcer
Not billable
Is H16.0 billable?
No — H16.0 is a non-billable header code. H16.0 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 32 billable codes beneath H16.0.
Billable codes under this header
- H16.001Unspecified corneal ulcer, right eye
- H16.002Unspecified corneal ulcer, left eye
- H16.003Unspecified corneal ulcer, bilateral
- H16.009Unspecified corneal ulcer, unspecified eye
- H16.011Central corneal ulcer, right eye
- H16.012Central corneal ulcer, left eye
- H16.013Central corneal ulcer, bilateral
- H16.019Central corneal ulcer, unspecified eye
- H16.021Ring corneal ulcer, right eye
- H16.022Ring corneal ulcer, left eye
- H16.023Ring corneal ulcer, bilateral
- H16.029Ring corneal ulcer, unspecified eye
- H16.031Corneal ulcer with hypopyon, right eye
- H16.032Corneal ulcer with hypopyon, left eye
- H16.033Corneal ulcer with hypopyon, bilateral
- H16.039Corneal ulcer with hypopyon, unspecified eye
- H16.041Marginal corneal ulcer, right eye
- H16.042Marginal corneal ulcer, left eye
- H16.043Marginal corneal ulcer, bilateral
- H16.049Marginal corneal ulcer, unspecified eye
- H16.051Mooren's corneal ulcer, right eye
- H16.052Mooren's corneal ulcer, left eye
- H16.053Mooren's corneal ulcer, bilateral
- H16.059Mooren's corneal ulcer, unspecified eye
- H16.061Mycotic corneal ulcer, right eye
- H16.062Mycotic corneal ulcer, left eye
- H16.063Mycotic corneal ulcer, bilateral
- H16.069Mycotic corneal ulcer, unspecified eye
- H16.071Perforated corneal ulcer, right eye
- H16.072Perforated corneal ulcer, left eye
- H16.073Perforated corneal ulcer, bilateral
- H16.079Perforated corneal ulcer, unspecified eye
H16.0 at a glance
| Code | H16.0 |
|---|---|
| Description | Corneal ulcer |
| 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 H16.0, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H16.0 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 H16.0? (8)
- H16.00Unspecified corneal ulcernot billable
- H16.01Central corneal ulcernot billable
- H16.02Ring corneal ulcernot billable
- H16.03Corneal ulcer with hypopyonnot billable
- H16.04Marginal corneal ulcernot billable
- H16.05Mooren's corneal ulcernot billable
- H16.06Mycotic corneal ulcernot billable
- H16.07Perforated corneal ulcernot billable
How long has H16.0 existed?
H16.0 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.