H18.21 Corneal edema secondary to contact lens

Non-billable header with 4 child codes.

Excludes2 (not included here)

• other corneal disorders due to contact lens (H18.82-)

Codes under H18.21

• H18.211 Corneal edema secondary to contact lens, right eye
• H18.212 Corneal edema secondary to contact lens, left eye
• H18.213 Corneal edema secondary to contact lens, bilateral
• H18.219 Corneal edema secondary to contact lens, unspecified eye

Code annotations containing back-references to H18.21

Back-references to H18.21

• Type 2 Excludes: H18.82 Corneal disorder due to contact lens ("corneal edema due to contact lens (H18.21-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for H18.21

• Edema, edematous (infectious) (pitting) (toxic) › cornea › secondary › due to contact lens

Nearby codes

• H18.11 Bullous keratopathy, right eye
• H18.12 Bullous keratopathy, left eye
• H18.13 Bullous keratopathy, bilateral
• H18.2 Other and unspecified corneal edema
• H18.20 Unspecified corneal edema
• H18.21 Corneal edema secondary to contact lens (this code)
• H18.211 Corneal edema secondary to contact lens, right eye
• H18.212 Corneal edema secondary to contact lens, left eye
• H18.213 Corneal edema secondary to contact lens, bilateral
• H18.219 Corneal edema secondary to contact lens, unspecified eye
• H18.22 Idiopathic corneal edema