Specific code 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 743.51
Vitreous anomalies
  • 2014
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 743.51 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 743.51 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 743.51.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 743.51: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 743.51 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Q14.0 Congenital malformation of vitreous humor
Approximate Synonyms
  • Congenital vitreous opacity
  • Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous
Applies To
  • Congenital vitreous opacity
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 743.51:
  • Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) 759.9
    • vitreous humor 743.9
      • specified type NEC 743.51
  • Hyperplasia, hyperplastic
    • persistent, vitreous (primary) 743.51
    • vitreous (humor), primary persistent 743.51
  • Mesostromal dysgenesis 743.51
  • Opacity, opacities
    • vitreous (humor) 379.24
      • congenital 743.51
  • Persistence, persistent (congenital) 759.89
    • canal of Cloquet 743.51
    • capsule (opaque) 743.51
    • cilioretinal artery or vein 743.51
    • hyaloid
      • artery (generally incomplete) 743.51
      • system 743.51
    • primary (deciduous)
      • teeth 520.6
      • vitreous hyperplasia 743.51
  • Remains
    • canal of Cloquet 743.51
    • capsule (opaque) 743.51
  • Remnant
    • canal of Cloquet 743.51
    • capsule (opaque) 743.51
  • Vestige, vestigial - see also Persistence
    • structures in vitreous 743.51
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