H17 — Corneal scars and opacities
Not billable
Is H17 billable?
No — H17 is a non-billable header code. H17 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 18 billable codes beneath H17.
Billable codes under this header
- H17.9Unspecified corneal scar and opacity
- H17.00Adherent leukoma, unspecified eye
- H17.01Adherent leukoma, right eye
- H17.02Adherent leukoma, left eye
- H17.03Adherent leukoma, bilateral
- H17.10Central corneal opacity, unspecified eye
- H17.11Central corneal opacity, right eye
- H17.12Central corneal opacity, left eye
- H17.13Central corneal opacity, bilateral
- H17.89Other corneal scars and opacities
- H17.811Minor opacity of cornea, right eye
- H17.812Minor opacity of cornea, left eye
- H17.813Minor opacity of cornea, bilateral
- H17.819Minor opacity of cornea, unspecified eye
- H17.821Peripheral opacity of cornea, right eye
- H17.822Peripheral opacity of cornea, left eye
- H17.823Peripheral opacity of cornea, bilateral
- H17.829Peripheral opacity of cornea, unspecified eye
H17 at a glance
| Code | H17 |
|---|---|
| Description | Corneal scars and opacities |
| 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 H17, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H17 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 H17? (4)
How long has H17 existed?
H17 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.