H16.26

Vernal keratoconjunctivitis, with limbar and corneal involvement

Non-billable header

H16.26 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

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

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from H16)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from H16)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from H16)
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from H16)
diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-) (from H16)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from H16)
injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-) (from H16)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from H16)
neoplasms (C00-D49) (from H16)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from H16)
syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71) (from H16)

H16.261Vernal keratoconjunctivitis, with limbar and corneal involvement, right eyeBillable
H16.262Vernal keratoconjunctivitis, with limbar and corneal involvement, left eyeBillable
H16.263Vernal keratoconjunctivitis, with limbar and corneal involvement, bilateralBillable
H16.269Vernal keratoconjunctivitis, with limbar and corneal involvement, unspecified eyeBillable