H16.02 Ring corneal ulcer

Non-billable header with 4 child codes.

Codes under H16.02

• H16.021 Ring corneal ulcer, right eye
• H16.022 Ring corneal ulcer, left eye
• H16.023 Ring corneal ulcer, bilateral
• H16.029 Ring corneal ulcer, unspecified eye

Code annotations containing back-references to H16.02

Back-references to H16.0

• Type 1 Excludes: H18.4 Corneal degeneration ("Mooren's ulcer (H16.0-)")
• Use Additional: L51 Erythema multiforme ("corneal ulcer (H16.0-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for H16.02

• Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative › cornea › ring

Nearby codes

• H16.01 Central corneal ulcer
• H16.011 Central corneal ulcer, right eye
• H16.012 Central corneal ulcer, left eye
• H16.013 Central corneal ulcer, bilateral
• H16.019 Central corneal ulcer, unspecified eye
• H16.02 Ring corneal ulcer (this code)
• H16.021 Ring corneal ulcer, right eye
• H16.022 Ring corneal ulcer, left eye
• H16.023 Ring corneal ulcer, bilateral
• H16.029 Ring corneal ulcer, unspecified eye
• H16.03 Corneal ulcer with hypopyon