H18.839 Recurrent erosion of cornea, unspecified eye

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 124-125 in MDC 02.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 371.42 Recurrent erosion of cornea (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to H18.839

Back-references to H18.83

• Type 1 Excludes: H18.4 Corneal degeneration ("recurrent erosion of cornea (H18.83-)")

Nearby codes

• H18.829 Corneal disorder due to contact lens, unspecified eye
• H18.83 Recurrent erosion of cornea
• H18.831 Recurrent erosion of cornea, right eye
• H18.832 Recurrent erosion of cornea, left eye
• H18.833 Recurrent erosion of cornea, bilateral
• H18.839 Recurrent erosion of cornea, unspecified eye (this code)
• H18.89 Other specified disorders of cornea
• H18.891 Other specified disorders of cornea, right eye
• H18.892 Other specified disorders of cornea, left eye
• H18.893 Other specified disorders of cornea, bilateral
• H18.899 Other specified disorders of cornea, unspecified eye