H46.1
Retrobulbar neuritis
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
H46.1 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for retrobulbar neuritis. 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 H46.10 Retrobulbar neuritis, unspecified eye; H46.11 Retrobulbar neuritis, right eye; H46.12 Retrobulbar neuritis, left eye and H46.13 Retrobulbar neuritis, bilateral. Its coding notes include 1 Excludes1 entry and 13 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
This code
- syphilitic retrobulbar neuritis (A52.15)
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Inherited from H46 Optic neuritis
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)
Inclusion terms
Conditions classified to this code.
This code
- Retrobulbar neuritis NOS
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