H18.0 is the ICD-10 code for Corneal pigmentations and deposits. It is a four-character subcategory of H18 (Other disorders of cornea), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block H15–H22 (Disorders of sclera, cornea, iris and ciliary body) in Chapter VII, Diseases of the eye and adnexa.
- Code type
- Subcategory (4 characters)
- Chapter
- VII · H00–H59
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
What H18.0 includes
Conditions and terms that are coded here.
- Haematocornea
- Kayser-Fleischer ring
- Krukenberg spindle
- Staehli line
Coding notes
- Use additional external cause code (Chapter XX), if desired, to identify drug, if drug-induced.
H18.0 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
H18.0Pigmenteringer eller avleiringer i hornhinne
DH180Pigmentering eller aflejring i hornhinde
- DH180AHaematocornea
- DH180BKayser-Fleischer ring
- DH180CKrukenbergs spindel
- DH180DPigmentatio corneae
- DH180EStählis pigmentlinje
- DH180FAnden specificeret aflejring i hornhinde
- DH180GAflejring i hornhinde UNS
H18.0Hornhautpigmentierungen und -einlagerungen
H18.0Pigmentation et dépôts cornéens
H18.0pigmentaties van en afzettingen in cornea
Listed through more specific codes:
- H18.001Unspecified corneal deposit, right eye
- H18.002Unspecified corneal deposit, left eye
- H18.003Unspecified corneal deposit, bilateral
- H18.009Unspecified corneal deposit, unspecified eye
- H18.011Anterior corneal pigmentations, right eye
- H18.012Anterior corneal pigmentations, left eye
- H18.013Anterior corneal pigmentations, bilateral
- H18.019Anterior corneal pigmentations, unspecified eye
- and 20 more national subcodes
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
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