Q14.2 Congenital malformation of optic disc

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.

Applicable to

• Coloboma of optic disc

Applies from Q14 Congenital malformations of posterior segment of eye

Excludes2 (not included here)

• optic nerve hypoplasia (H47.03-)

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 743.57 Specified congenital anomalies of optic disc (approximate)

Diagnosis Index entries for Q14.2

• Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) › optic › disc
• Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) › vessel (s) › optic papilla
• Cavity › optic papilla
• Coloboma (iris) › optic disc (congenital)
• Deformity › vessels of optic papilla (congenital)
• Imperfect › closure (congenital) › optic nerve entry
• Inversion › optic papilla
• Large › physiological cup
• Loop › vascular on papilla (optic)
• Malformation (congenital) › optic disc
• Membrana › epipapillaris
• Pigmentation (abnormal) (anomaly) › optic papilla, congenital
• Pseudoneuritis, optic (nerve) (disc) (papilla), congenital
• Pseudopapilledema › congenital
• Vascular › loop on optic papilla

Nearby codes

• Q14 Congenital malformations of posterior segment of eye
• Q14.0 Congenital malformation of vitreous humor
• Q14.1 Congenital malformation of retina
• Q14.2 Congenital malformation of optic disc (this code)
• Q14.3 Congenital malformation of choroid
• Q14.8 Other congenital malformations of posterior segment of eye
• Q14.9 Congenital malformation of posterior segment of eye, unspecified