H55.81
BillableDeficient saccadic eye movements
Deficient saccadic eye movements
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)
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
SNOMED CT
- Ocular dysmetria79161002
- Deficiency of saccadic eye movements90310002
- Optokinetic nystagmus90310002
- Abnormal saccadic eye movement246767003
- Dysmetric ataxia246767003
- Hypometric saccades246768008
- Hypermetric saccades246769000
- Inappropriate saccades307683004
- Saccadic pulses307684005
- Microflutter of eye307685006
- Square-wave jerks of eye307686007
- Macrosquare-wave jerks of eye307687003
- Square-wave oscillations of eye307688008
- Macrosaccadic oscillations307689000
- Slowed saccades404686001
- Autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia with saccadic intrusion syndrome766814006
- Ocular contrapulsion1217676009
- Hypermetria of saccades with contralateral hypometria of saccades1231186006
- Ocular lateropulsion1231186006
- Hypermetria of ipsilateral saccades and hypometria of contralateral saccades1231189004
- Ocular ipsipulsion1231189004
- Saccadic pulse-step mismatch1231660002
- Post-saccadic drift1231675005
- Voluntary saccadic oscillations1231689000
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the ICD-10 code for deficient saccadic eye movements?
The ICD-10-CM code for deficient saccadic eye movements is H55.81. The full clinical description is "Deficient saccadic eye movements". H55.81 is a billable/specific code that can be used on insurance claims and medical billing.
What does ICD-10 code H55.81 mean?
ICD-10-CM code H55.81 represents "Deficient saccadic eye movements". 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 H55.81 a billable code?
Yes, H55.81 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is H55.81 in?
H55.81 is in Chapter 7: Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa (codes H00-H59).
What SNOMED CT codes does H55.81 map to?
H55.81 maps to 20 SNOMED CT concepts: 246767003, 766814006, 90310002, 1231189004, 1231186006, and 15 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for H55.81?
H55.81 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C5385189. 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.