H44.02
Vitreous abscess (chronic)
H44.02 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for vitreous abscess (chronic). 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 H44.021 Vitreous abscess (chronic), right eye; H44.022 Vitreous abscess (chronic), left eye; H44.023 Vitreous abscess (chronic), bilateral and H44.029 Vitreous abscess (chronic), unspecified eye. Its coding notes include a Use additional code instruction, 1 Excludes1 entry and 11 Excludes2 entries.
Use additional code
Add the listed code as a secondary code, if known.
- code to identify organism
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)
Includes
Further defines or gives examples of the content of the category.
- disorders affecting multiple structures of eye
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