H52

Disorders of refraction and accommodation

Non-billable header

H52 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes

  • 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)
  • 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)

More specific codes H52

  • H52.0HypermetropiaHeader
  • H52.1MyopiaHeader
  • H52.2AstigmatismHeader
  • H52.3Anisometropia and aniseikoniaHeader
  • H52.4PresbyopiaBillable
  • H52.5Disorders of accommodationHeader
  • H52.6Other disorders of refractionBillable
  • H52.7Unspecified disorder of refractionBillable

Related codes

  • H49Paralytic strabismusHeader
  • H50Other strabismusHeader
  • H51Other disorders of binocular movementHeader

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