H55.81 — Deficient saccadic eye movements
Is H55.81 billable?
Yes — H55.81 is billable for FY2027. H55.81 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. H55.81 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
H55.81 at a glance
| Code | H55.81 |
|---|---|
| Description | Deficient saccadic eye movements |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does H55.81 group to?
H55.81 sits in MDC 02 and helps define the logic of 1 MS-DRG (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 123Neurological Eye Disordersmedical
How is H55.81 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to H55.81. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Deficiency, deficient › eye movements › saccadic
- Irregular, irregularity › eye movements › deficient › saccadic
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 7
The conditions below are not part of H55.81, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H55.81 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)
How long has H55.81 existed?
H55.81 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
- FY2021Saccadic eye movementsDeficient saccadic eye movements
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.