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2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 378.55
External ophthalmoplegia
- ICD-9-CM 378.55 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
378.55 Alternative Terminology
- Bilat progressive external ophthalmoplegia
- Bilateral progressive external ophthalmoplegia
- L progressive external ophthalmoplegia
- Left progressive external ophthalmoplegia
- Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, both eyes
- R progressive external ophthalmoplegia
- Right progressive external ophthalmoplegia
- Tolosa hunt syndrome
- Tolosa-hunt syndrome
Convert 378.55 to ICD-10-CM 
ICD-9-CM 378.55 converts approximately to:
- 2013 ICD-10-CM H49.40 Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, unspecified eye
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 378.55:
- Ophthalmoplegia (see also Strabismus) 378.9
painful 378.55
- Painful - see also Pain
- ophthalmoplegia 378.55
- Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) 344.9
eye muscle (extrinsic) 378.55
intrinsic 367.51
- muscle (flaccid) 359.9
- rectus muscle (eye) 378.55
- Paresis (see also Paralysis) 344.9
- extrinsic muscle, eye 378.55
- Syndrome - see also Disease
- Tolosa-Hunt 378.55
- Tolosa-Hunt syndrome 378.55
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