Q15.0 Congenital glaucoma

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

Applicable to

• Axenfeld's anomaly
• Buphthalmos
• Glaucoma of childhood
• Glaucoma of newborn
• Hydrophthalmos
• Keratoglobus, congenital, with glaucoma
• Macrocornea with glaucoma
• Macrophthalmos in congenital glaucoma
• Megalocornea with glaucoma

Applies from Q15 Other congenital malformations of eye

Excludes1 (never code together)

• congenital nystagmus (H55.01)
• ocular albinism (E70.31-)
• optic nerve hypoplasia (H47.03-)
• retinitis pigmentosa (H35.52)

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 365.14 Glaucoma of childhood (approximate)
• 743.20 Buphthalmos, unspecified (approximate)
• 743.21 Simple buphthalmos (approximate)
• 743.22 Buphthalmos associated with other ocular anomalies (approximate)
• 743.44 Specified congenital anomalies of anterior chamber, chamber angle, and related structures (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to Q15.0

Back-references to Q15.0

• Type 1 Excludes: H40 Glaucoma ("congenital glaucoma (Q15.0)")
• Type 1 Excludes: Q11.3 Macrophthalmos ("macrophthalmos in congenital glaucoma (Q15.0)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Q15.0

• Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) › Axenfeld's
• Atresia, atretic › iris, filtration angle
• Axenfeld's › anomaly or syndrome
• Buphthalmia, buphthalmos (congenital)
• Glaucoma › childhood
• Glaucoma › congenital
• Glaucoma › infantile
• Glaucoma › newborn
• Hydrophthalmos
• Keratoglobus › congenital › with glaucoma
• Macrocornea › with glaucoma
• Macrophthalmos › in congenital glaucoma
• Megalocornea › with glaucoma

Nearby codes

• Q15 Other congenital malformations of eye
• Q15.0 Congenital glaucoma (this code)
• Q15.8 Other specified congenital malformations of eye
• Q15.9 Congenital malformation of eye, unspecified