H47.519

Disorders of visual pathways in (due to) inflammatory disorders, unspecified side

FY2027Chapter 7: Diseases of the eye and adnexa/H46–H47 Disorders of optic nerve and visual pathways

BillableComplete code, valid to report
Care settingsHospital CC

H47.519 (also written H47519) is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for disorders of visual pathways in (due to) inflammatory disorders, unspecified side. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. It is one of the 80 codes in category H47 (Other disorders of optic [2nd] nerve and visual pathways). 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.

Inherited from H47.5 Disorders of other visual pathways
  • underlying condition

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)

Care settings

How CMS programs treat this code. These are CMS claim edits and list entries, not coverage or eligibility rules.

Hospital CC

Counts as a complication or comorbidity (CC) when reported as a secondary diagnosis on an inpatient claim. It does not count when the principal diagnosis is one of the 13 codes in its exclusion list. Some MS-DRGs also ignore a CC or MCC that defines the DRG.

Source: CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v44, effective October 1, 2026, Appendix C

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