H50.40
BillableUnspecified heterotropia
Unspecified heterotropia
Coding Notes
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- 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)
- nystagmus and other irregular eye movements (H55)
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
SNOMED CT
- Comitant squint9650008
- Comitant strabismus9650008
- Concomitant squint9650008
- Concomitant strabismus9650008
- Constant comitant heterotropia9650008
- Constant squint9650008
- Microstrabismus28633004
- Microtropia28633004
- Heterotropia128602000
- Constant comitant exotropia246729001
- Manifest divergent squint246729001
- Convergent microtropia246743006
- Divergent microtropia246744000
UMLS
- Binocular eye movement disorderC0038379
- Binocular eye movement disorder NOSC0038379
- Cross-eyedC0038379
- Disorder of binocular eye movementsC0038379
- Eye deviationC0038379
- Ocular dissociationC0038379
- PhoriaC0038379
- PhoriasC0038379
- SquintC0038379
- Squint eyesC0038379
- StrabismusC0038379
- Strabismus (disorder)C0038379
- Strabismus NOSC0038379
- Unspecified disorder of binocular eye movementsC0038379
- Unspecified heterotropiaC0038379
- Unspecified strabismusC0038379
- crossed eyeC0038379
- deviations eyeC0038379
- eye deviationC0038379
- heterotropiaC0038379
- phoriaC0038379
- phoriasC0038379
- squintC0038379
- strabismusC0038379
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the ICD-10 code for unspecified heterotropia?
The ICD-10-CM code for unspecified heterotropia is H50.40. The full clinical description is "Unspecified heterotropia". H50.40 is a billable/specific code that can be used on insurance claims and medical billing.
What does ICD-10 code H50.40 mean?
ICD-10-CM code H50.40 represents "Unspecified heterotropia". It is classified under Chapter 7: Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa and is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is H50.40 a billable code?
Yes, H50.40 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is H50.40 in?
H50.40 is in Chapter 7: Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa (codes H00-H59).
What SNOMED CT codes does H50.40 map to?
H50.40 maps to 6 SNOMED CT concepts: 9650008, 246729001, 246743006, 246744000, 128602000, and 1 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for H50.40?
H50.40 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0038379. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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Includes SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) used by permission of SNOMED International. Includes content from the UMLS Metathesaurus, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.