H44.139 Sympathetic uveitis, unspecified eye

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applies from H44 Disorders of globe

Includes

• disorders affecting multiple structures of eye

Applies from H44.1 Other endophthalmitis

Excludes1 (never code together)

• bleb associated endophthalmitis (H59.4-)

Excludes2 (not included here)

• ophthalmia nodosa (H16.2-)

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 360.11 Sympathetic uveitis (approximate)

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

• Unspecified code (laterality): Unspecified codes for which a more specific code identifying laterality (right, left, bilateral) exists within the same code family.

Code annotations containing back-references to H44.139

Back-references to H44.13

• Type 2 Excludes: H20.8 Other iridocyclitis ("sympathetic uveitis (H44.13-)")

Back-references to H44.1

• Type 2 Excludes: H21 Other disorders of iris and ciliary body ("sympathetic uveitis (H44.1-)")

Nearby codes

• H44.129 Parasitic endophthalmitis, unspecified, unspecified eye
• H44.13 Sympathetic uveitis
• H44.131 Sympathetic uveitis, right eye
• H44.132 Sympathetic uveitis, left eye
• H44.133 Sympathetic uveitis, bilateral
• H44.139 Sympathetic uveitis, unspecified eye (this code)
• H44.19 Other endophthalmitis
• H44.2 Degenerative myopia
• H44.20 Degenerative myopia, unspecified eye
• H44.21 Degenerative myopia, right eye
• H44.22 Degenerative myopia, left eye