H10.51

Ligneous conjunctivitis

FY2027Chapter 7: Diseases of the eye and adnexa/H10–H11 Disorders of conjunctiva

Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.

H10.51 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for ligneous conjunctivitis. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are H10.511 Ligneous conjunctivitis, right eye; H10.512 Ligneous conjunctivitis, left eye; H10.513 Ligneous conjunctivitis, bilateral and H10.519 Ligneous conjunctivitis, unspecified eye. Its coding notes include a Code also instruction, 1 Excludes1 entry and 11 Excludes2 entries.

Code also

Two codes may be needed to describe the condition. This note gives no sequencing order.

This code
  • underlying condition if known, such as:
    • plasminogen deficiency (E88.02)

Excludes1

Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.

Inherited from H10 Conjunctivitis

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

Also from chapter/block level (11 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 7 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
  • 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)

Notes

Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 7 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
  • Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition

Alphabetic Index terms

Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 1 entry

More specific codes under H10.51 4