Z83.518 Family history of other specified eye disorder

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

Applies from Z83 Family history of other specific disorders

Excludes2 (not included here)

• contact with and (suspected) exposure to communicable disease in the family (Z20.-)

Applies from Z83.51 Family history of eye disorders

Applicable to

• Conditions classifiable to H00-H53, H55-H59

Excludes2 (not included here)

• family history of blindness and visual loss (Z82.1)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 951 in MDC 23.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• V19.19 Family history of other specified eye disorder

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

• Unacceptable principal diagnosis: These codes describe a circumstance which influences care but is not a current illness or injury, or capture only an underlying condition, and are unacceptable as principal diagnosis.

Code annotations containing back-references to Z83.518

Back-references to Z83

• Use Additional: Z15 Genetic susceptibility to disease ("code, if applicable, for any associated family history of the disease (Z80-Z84)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Z83.518

• History › family (of) › disease or disorder (of) › eye NEC

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