H18 — Other disorders of cornea
Not billable
Is H18 billable?
No — H18 is a non-billable header code. H18 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 H18.
Billable codes under this header
- H18.9Unspecified disorder of cornea
- H18.10Bullous keratopathy, unspecified eye
- H18.11Bullous keratopathy, right eye
- H18.12Bullous keratopathy, left eye
- H18.13Bullous keratopathy, bilateral
- H18.20Unspecified corneal edema
- H18.30Unspecified corneal membrane change
- H18.40Unspecified corneal degeneration
- H18.43Other calcerous corneal degeneration
- H18.49Other corneal degeneration
- H18.70Unspecified corneal deformity
- H18.001Unspecified corneal deposit, right eye
- H18.002Unspecified corneal deposit, left eye
- H18.003Unspecified corneal deposit, bilateral
- H18.009Unspecified corneal deposit, unspecified eye
- H18.011Anterior corneal pigmentations, right eye
- H18.012Anterior corneal pigmentations, left eye
- H18.013Anterior corneal pigmentations, bilateral
- H18.019Anterior corneal pigmentations, unspecified eye
- H18.021Argentous corneal deposits, right eye
- H18.022Argentous corneal deposits, left eye
- H18.023Argentous corneal deposits, bilateral
- H18.029Argentous corneal deposits, unspecified eye
- H18.031Corneal deposits in metabolic disorders, right eye
- H18.032Corneal deposits in metabolic disorders, left eye
- H18.033Corneal deposits in metabolic disorders, bilateral
- H18.039Corneal deposits in metabolic disorders, unspecified eye
- H18.041Kayser-Fleischer ring, right eye
- H18.042Kayser-Fleischer ring, left eye
- H18.043Kayser-Fleischer ring, bilateral
- H18.049Kayser-Fleischer ring, unspecified eye
- H18.051Posterior corneal pigmentations, right eye
- H18.052Posterior corneal pigmentations, left eye
- H18.053Posterior corneal pigmentations, bilateral
- H18.059Posterior corneal pigmentations, unspecified eye
- H18.061Stromal corneal pigmentations, right eye
- H18.062Stromal corneal pigmentations, left eye
- H18.063Stromal corneal pigmentations, bilateral
- H18.069Stromal corneal pigmentations, unspecified eye
- H18.211Corneal edema secondary to contact lens, right eye
- H18.212Corneal edema secondary to contact lens, left eye
- H18.213Corneal edema secondary to contact lens, bilateral
- H18.219Corneal edema secondary to contact lens, unspecified eye
- H18.221Idiopathic corneal edema, right eye
- H18.222Idiopathic corneal edema, left eye
- H18.223Idiopathic corneal edema, bilateral
- H18.229Idiopathic corneal edema, unspecified eye
- H18.231Secondary corneal edema, right eye
- H18.232Secondary corneal edema, left eye
- H18.233Secondary corneal edema, bilateral
- H18.239Secondary corneal edema, unspecified eye
- H18.311Folds and rupture in Bowman's membrane, right eye
- H18.312Folds and rupture in Bowman's membrane, left eye
- H18.313Folds and rupture in Bowman's membrane, bilateral
- H18.319Folds and rupture in Bowman's membrane, unspecified eye
- H18.321Folds in Descemet's membrane, right eye
- H18.322Folds in Descemet's membrane, left eye
- H18.323Folds in Descemet's membrane, bilateral
- H18.329Folds in Descemet's membrane, unspecified eye
- H18.331Rupture in Descemet's membrane, right eye
H18 at a glance
| Code | H18 |
|---|---|
| Description | Other disorders of cornea |
| 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 H18, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H18 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 H18? (10)
- H18.0Corneal pigmentations and depositsnot billable
- H18.1Bullous keratopathynot billable
- H18.2Other and unspecified corneal edemanot billable
- H18.3Changes of corneal membranesnot billable
- H18.4Corneal degenerationnot billable
- H18.5Hereditary corneal dystrophiesnot billable
- H18.6Keratoconusnot billable
- H18.7Other and unspecified corneal deformitiesnot billable
- H18.8Other specified disorders of corneanot billable
- H18.9Unspecified disorder of cornea
How long has H18 existed?
H18 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.