2008 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Diseases Of The Nervous System And Sense Organs 320-389 > Disorders Of The Eye And Adnexa 360-379 > Disorders Of Optic Nerve And Visual Pathways 377.* >  2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 377.10
Optic atrophy 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 Therefore, this code may be out of date.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 377.10 can be accessed here. - Atrophy of the optic disk which may be congenital or acquired. This condition indicates a deficiency in the number of nerve fibers which arise in the RETINA and converge to form the OPTIC DISK, OPTIC NERVE, OPTIC CHIASM, and optic tracts. GLAUCOMA, ISCHEMIA, inflammation, a chronic elevation of intracranial pressure, toxins, optic nerve compression, and inherited conditions (see OPTIC ATROPHIES, HEREDITARY) are relatively common causes of this condition.
- 377.10 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 377.10 contains 2 index entries
- View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 377.* hierarchy
Index entries containing 377.10:- Atrophy, atrophic
- nerve - see also Disorder, nerve
- cranial 352.9
- second (optic) (see also Atrophy, optic nerve)
 377.10
- optic nerve (ascending) (descending) (infectional) (nonfamilial) (papillomacular bundle) (postretinal) (secondary NEC) (simple) 377.10
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