H50.6 — Mechanical strabismus
Is H50.6 billable?
No — H50.6 is a non-billable header code. H50.6 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 25 billable codes beneath H50.6.
Billable codes under this header
- H50.60Mechanical strabismus, unspecified
- H50.69Other mechanical strabismus
- H50.611Brown's sheath syndrome, right eye
- H50.612Brown's sheath syndrome, left eye
- H50.621Inferior oblique muscle entrapment, right eye
- H50.622Inferior oblique muscle entrapment, left eye
- H50.629Inferior oblique muscle entrapment, unspecified eye
- H50.631Inferior rectus muscle entrapment, right eye
- H50.632Inferior rectus muscle entrapment, left eye
- H50.639Inferior rectus muscle entrapment, unspecified eye
- H50.641Lateral rectus muscle entrapment, right eye
- H50.642Lateral rectus muscle entrapment, left eye
- H50.649Lateral rectus muscle entrapment, unspecified eye
- H50.651Medial rectus muscle entrapment, right eye
- H50.652Medial rectus muscle entrapment, left eye
- H50.659Medial rectus muscle entrapment, unspecified eye
- H50.661Superior oblique muscle entrapment, right eye
- H50.662Superior oblique muscle entrapment, left eye
- H50.669Superior oblique muscle entrapment, unspecified eye
- H50.671Superior rectus muscle entrapment, right eye
- H50.672Superior rectus muscle entrapment, left eye
- H50.679Superior rectus muscle entrapment, unspecified eye
- H50.681Extraocular muscle entrapment, unspecified, right eye
- H50.682Extraocular muscle entrapment, unspecified, left eye
- H50.689Extraocular muscle entrapment, unspecified, unspecified eye
H50.6 at a glance
| Code | H50.6 |
|---|---|
| Description | Mechanical strabismus |
| 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 H50.6, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H50.6 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)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from H49-H52
The conditions below are not part of H50.6, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H50.6 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- nystagmus and other irregular eye movements (H55)
What codes fall under H50.6? (10)
- H50.60Mechanical strabismus, unspecified
- H50.61Brown's sheath syndromenot billable
- H50.62Inferior oblique muscle entrapmentnot billable
- H50.63Inferior rectus muscle entrapmentnot billable
- H50.64Lateral rectus muscle entrapmentnot billable
- H50.65Medial rectus muscle entrapmentnot billable
- H50.66Superior oblique muscle entrapmentnot billable
- H50.67Superior rectus muscle entrapmentnot billable
- H50.68Extraocular muscle entrapment, unspecifiednot billable
- H50.69Other mechanical strabismus
How long has H50.6 existed?
H50.6 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.