H18.04
Kayser-Fleischer ring
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
H18.04 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for kayser-Fleischer ring. 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 H18.041 Kayser-Fleischer ring, right eye; H18.042 Kayser-Fleischer ring, left eye; H18.043 Kayser-Fleischer ring, bilateral and H18.049 Kayser-Fleischer ring, unspecified eye. Its coding notes include a Code also instruction and 11 Excludes2 entries.
Code also
Two codes may be needed to describe the condition. This note gives no sequencing order.
This code
- associated Wilson's disease (E83.01)
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. 5 entries