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H18.5 Hereditary corneal dystrophies

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H18.5 is the ICD-10 code for Hereditary corneal dystrophies. 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 H18.5 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Dystrophy:
    • corneal: epithelial
    • corneal: granular
    • corneal: lattice
    • corneal: macular
    • Fuchs

H18.5 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

H18.5Ärftlig kornealdystrofi

  • H18.5AEpitelial dystrofi av kornea
  • H18.5BDystrofi i Bowmans membran
  • H18.5CStromal dystrofi av kornea
  • H18.5DEndotelial dystrofi av kornea
  • H18.5XOspecificerad dystrofi av kornea
NorwayICD-10-NO

H18.5Arvelig hornhinnedystrofi

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DH185Familiær corneadystrofi

  • DH185AFuchs corneadystrofi
  • DH185BEpitel basalmembran dystrofi (Cogans dystrofi/map-dot-fingerprint dystrofi)
  • DH185CGranulær dystrofi type 1
  • DH185DLattice dystrofi
  • DH185EMakulær dystrofi
  • DH185FPosterior polymorf dystrofi
  • DH185GAnden specificeret familiær cornea dystrofi
  • DH185HFamililær cornea dystrofi UNS
FinlandICD-10-FI

H18.5Perinnöllinen sarveiskalvon rappeuma

GermanyICD-10-GM

H18.5Hereditäre Hornhautdystrophien

FranceICD-10-FR

H18.5Dystrophies cornéennes héréditaires

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

H18.5hereditaire corneadystrofieën

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • H18.501Unspecified hereditary corneal dystrophies, right eye
  • H18.502Unspecified hereditary corneal dystrophies, left eye
  • H18.503Unspecified hereditary corneal dystrophies, bilateral
  • H18.509Unspecified hereditary corneal dystrophies, unspecified eye
  • H18.511Endothelial corneal dystrophy, right eye
  • H18.512Endothelial corneal dystrophy, left eye
  • H18.513Endothelial corneal dystrophy, bilateral
  • H18.519Endothelial corneal dystrophy, 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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