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FY2027

H50.64 — Lateral rectus muscle entrapment

Not billable

Is H50.64 billable?

No — H50.64 is a non-billable header code. H50.64 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 3 billable codes beneath H50.64.

H50.64 at a glance

CodeH50.64
DescriptionLateral rectus muscle entrapment
BillableNo — header code
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

How is H50.64 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to H50.64. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

  • Entrapment › muscle › eye › rectus › lateral

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 7

The conditions below are not part of H50.64, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H50.64 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 H50.64, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H50.64 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • nystagmus and other irregular eye movements (H55)

What codes fall under H50.64? (3)

How long has H50.64 existed?

H50.64 first appears in FY2024.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.

What other codes are in the H50.6 family? (9)