Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 377.00
Papilledema, unspecified
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 377.00 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 377.00 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).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 377.00 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM H47.10 Unspecified papilledema
Approximate Synonyms
  • Optic disc edema
  • Papilledema
Clinical Information
  • (pap-il-eh-dee-ma) swelling around the optic disk, the area where the optic nerve (the nerve that carries messages from the eye to the brain) enters the eyeball. Papilledema occurs when increased brain pressure caused by tumors or other problems results in swelling of the optic nerve
  • Swelling around the optic nerve, usually due to pressure on the nerve by a tumor
  • Swelling of the optic disk, usually in association with increased intracranial pressure, characterized by hyperemia, blurring of the disk margins, microhemorrhages, blind spot enlargement, and engorgement of retinal veins
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 377.00:
  • Papilledema 377.00
    • associated with
      • decreased ocular pressure 377.02
      • increased intracranial pressure 377.01
      • retinal disorder 377.03
    • choked disc 377.00
    • infectional 377.00
  • Syphilis, syphilitic (acquired) 097.9
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