H18.219
Corneal edema secondary to contact lens, unspecified eye
BillableComplete code, valid to report
H18.219 (also written H18219) is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for corneal edema secondary to contact lens, unspecified eye. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. It is one of the 155 codes in category H18 (Other disorders of cornea). Its coding notes include 12 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Inherited from H18.21 Corneal edema secondary to contact lens
- other corneal disorders due to contact lens (H18.82-)
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