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H44.2A

Non-billable

Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization

Chapter 7: Diseases of the eye and adnexa

Additional Information

From parent codes: H00-H59 (Chapter 7)

Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom H00-H59

Excludes2 means 'NOT INCLUDED HERE!' An Excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time.

  • 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)
NotesFrom H00-H59

Additional notes from parent codes that apply to this code.

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition

More Specific Codes (13)

H44.2Degenerative myopia→H44.20Degenerative myopia, unspecified eye→H44.21Degenerative myopia, right eye→H44.22Degenerative myopia, left eye→H44.23Degenerative myopia, bilateral→H44.2BDegenerative myopia with macular hole→H44.2CDegenerative myopia with retinal detachment→H44.2DDegenerative myopia with foveoschisis→H44.2EDegenerative myopia with other maculopathy→H44.2A1Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization, right eye→H44.2A2Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization, left eye→H44.2A3Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization, bilateral→H44.2A9Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization, unspecified eye→