H40.15
Residual stage of open-angle glaucoma
H40.15 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for residual stage of open-angle glaucoma. 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 H40.151 Residual stage of open-angle glaucoma, right eye; H40.152 Residual stage of open-angle glaucoma, left eye; H40.153 Residual stage of open-angle glaucoma, bilateral and H40.159 Residual stage of open-angle glaucoma, unspecified eye. Its coding notes include 3 Excludes1 entries and 11 Excludes2 entries.
Guidelines tip
From the FY2027 Official Guidelines. ICD10Ref adds no rules of its own.
Glaucoma needs the type, the affected eye and the stage. The 7th character 4 (indeterminate) is not the same as 0 (stage not documented).
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (11 notes)
- 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)
- 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