Specific code 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 371.52
Other anterior corneal dystrophies
  • 2014
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • Short description: Ant cornea dystrophy NEC.
  • ICD-9-CM 371.52 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 371.52 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2014 version of ICD-9-CM 371.52.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 371.52: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 371.52 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM H18.59 Other hereditary corneal dystrophies
Approximate Synonyms
  • Anterior corneal dystrophy
  • Coats' white ring
  • Corneal dystrophy, anterior
  • Corneal dystrophy, microscopic cystic
  • Corneal immune ring
  • Crocodile shagreen of cornea
  • Dystrophy of anterior cornea
  • Gelatinous droplike corneal dystrophy
  • Limbal corneal ring
  • Microscopic cystic corneal dystrophy
  • Reis-Bucklers' corneal dystrophy
  • Ring like corneal dystrophy
  • Ring-like corneal dystrophy
  • Thiel-Behnke corneal dystrophy
Applies To
  • Corneal dystrophy:
    • microscopic cystic
    • ring-like
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 371.52:
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