ICD-10 diagnosis code

Q15.0 Congenital glaucoma

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Q15.0 is the ICD-10 code for Congenital glaucoma. It is a four-character subcategory of Q15 (Other congenital malformations of eye), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block Q10–Q18 (Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck) in Chapter XVII, Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities.

Code type
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
XVII · Q00–Q99
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What Q15.0 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Buphthalmos
  • Glaucoma of newborn
  • Hydrophthalmos
  • Keratoglobus, congenital, with glaucoma
  • Macrocornea with glaucoma
  • Macrophthalmos in congenital glaucoma
  • Megalocornea with glaucoma

Q15.0 in national editions

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

SwedenICD-10-SE

Q15.0Medfött glaukom

NorwayICD-10-NO

Q15.0Medfødt glaukom

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DQ150Medfødt glaukom

  • DQ150ABuftalmus
  • DQ150CKeratoglobus congenitus
  • DQ150DMakroftalmus ved medfødt glaukom
  • DQ150EMegalocornea
FinlandICD-10-FI

Q15.0Synnynnäinen glaukooma

GermanyICD-10-GM

Q15.0Angeborenes Glaukom

FranceICD-10-FR

Q15.0Glaucome congénital

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

Q15.0congenitaal glaucoom

United StatesICD-10-CM

Q15.0Congenital glaucoma

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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