Unspecified corneal ulcer, right eye
- H16.001 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM H16.001 became effective on October 1, 2023.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H16.001 – other international versions of ICD-10 H16.001 may differ.
The following code(s) above H16.001 contain annotation back-references
that may be applicable to H16.001:
- H00-H59 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
Approximate Synonyms
- Erosion of cornea of right eye
- Peripheral ulcerative keratitis of right eye
- R corneal erosion
- Right acanthamoeba corneal ulcer
- Right corneal ulcer
- Right corneal ulcer (eye condition)
- Right peripheral ulcerative keratitis
ICD-10-CM H16.001 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v41.0):
Convert H16.001 to ICD-9-CMCode History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change