Degenerative myopia
Non-billable header
H44.2 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Malignant myopia
Includes (from H44)
- disorders affecting multiple structures of eye
- Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from H44)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from H44)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from H44)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from H44)
- diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-) (from H44)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from H44)
- injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-) (from H44)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from H44)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from H44)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from H44)
- syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71) (from H44)
Also known as
- Malignant myopia
- Change, retina, myopic
- Chorioretinitis, progressive myopia
- Disorder, globe, degenerative, myopia
- Fuchs', black spot
- Myopia, malignant
- Myopia, pernicious
- Myopia, progressive high
- Spots, spotting, Fuchs' black
- Syndrome, Terry's
- Terry's syndrome
Parent code
- H44Disorders of globeHeader
More specific codes H44.2
- H44.20Degenerative myopia, unspecified eyeBillable
- H44.21Degenerative myopia, right eyeBillable
- H44.22Degenerative myopia, left eyeBillable
- H44.23Degenerative myopia, bilateralBillable
- H44.2ADegenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularizationHeader
- H44.2BDegenerative myopia with macular holeHeader
- H44.2CDegenerative myopia with retinal detachmentHeader
- H44.2DDegenerative myopia with foveoschisisHeader
- H44.2EDegenerative myopia with other maculopathyHeader
Related codes
- H44.0Purulent endophthalmitisHeader
- H44.1Other endophthalmitisHeader
- H44.3Other and unspecified degenerative disorders of globeHeader
- H44.4Hypotony of eyeHeader
- H44.5Degenerated conditions of globeHeader
- H44.6Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magneticHeader
- H44.7Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagneticHeader
- H44.8Other disorders of globeHeader
- H44.9Unspecified disorder of globeBillable