H44.02 Vitreous abscess (chronic)

Non-billable header with 4 child codes.

Applies from H44 Disorders of globe

Includes

• disorders affecting multiple structures of eye

Applies from H44.0 Purulent endophthalmitis

Excludes1 (never code together)

• bleb associated endophthalmitis (H59.4-)

Use additional code

• code to identify organism

Codes under H44.02

• H44.021 Vitreous abscess (chronic), right eye
• H44.022 Vitreous abscess (chronic), left eye
• H44.023 Vitreous abscess (chronic), bilateral
• H44.029 Vitreous abscess (chronic), unspecified eye

Code annotations containing back-references to H44.02

Back-references to H44.02

• Type 2 Excludes: H43.8 Other disorders of vitreous body ("vitreous abscess (H44.02-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for H44.02

• Endophthalmitis (acute) (infective) (metastatic) (subacute) › purulent › vitreous abscess

Nearby codes

• H44.01 Panophthalmitis (acute)
• H44.011 Panophthalmitis (acute), right eye
• H44.012 Panophthalmitis (acute), left eye
• H44.013 Panophthalmitis (acute), bilateral
• H44.019 Panophthalmitis (acute), unspecified eye
• H44.02 Vitreous abscess (chronic) (this code)
• H44.021 Vitreous abscess (chronic), right eye
• H44.022 Vitreous abscess (chronic), left eye
• H44.023 Vitreous abscess (chronic), bilateral
• H44.029 Vitreous abscess (chronic), unspecified eye
• H44.1 Other endophthalmitis