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2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 370.00

Corneal ulcer unspecified

 On October 1, 2008 the 2009 ICD-9-CM codes came into effect. Therefore, this code may be out of date.

The 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 370.00 can be accessed here.

  • Loss of epithelial tissue from the surface of the cornea due to progressive erosion and necrosis of the tissue; usually caused by bacterial, fungal, or viral infection.
  • 370.00 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  • 370.00 contains 12 index entries
  • View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 370.* hierarchy


Index entries containing 370.00:

Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9
  • cornea 370.55
    • with ulcer 370.00
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
  • cornea (see also Keratitis) 370.9
    • with ulcer (see also Ulcer, cornea) 370.00
Keratitis (nodular) (nonulcerative) (simple) (zonular) NEC 370.9
  • with ulceration (see also Ulcer, cornea) 370.00
  • interstitial (nonsyphilitic) 370.50
    • with ulcer (see also Ulcer, cornea) 370.00
  • ulcerated (see also Ulcer, cornea) 370.00
Ophthalmia (see also Conjunctivitis) 372.30
  • phlyctenular 370.31
    • with ulcer (see also Ulcer, cornea) 370.00
Perforation, perforative (nontraumatic)
  • cornea (see also Ulcer, cornea) 370.00
Phlyctenulosis (allergic) (keratoconjunctivitis) (nontuberculous) 370.31
  • cornea 370.31
    • with ulcer (see also Ulcer, cornea) 370.00
Rupture, ruptured 553.9
  • cornea (traumatic) - see also Rupture, eye
    • due to ulcer 370.00
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative 707.9Xerosis
  • cornea 371.40
    • with corneal ulceration 370.00
      • vitamin A deficiency 264.3