2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 370.00
Corneal ulcer, unspecified
- 2015
- Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
- Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
- ICD-9-CM 370.00 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 370.00 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:
370.00 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM H16.009 Unspecified corneal ulcer, unspecified eye
Approximate Synonyms
- Acanthamoeba corneal ulcer
- Bilat corneal ulcer
- Bilateral corneal ulcer
- Corneal erosion
- Corneal perforation
- Corneal ulcer
- Corneal ulcer due to acanthamoeba
- Corneal ulcer, both eyes
- L corneal ulcer
- Left corneal ulcer
- Left corneal ulcer (eye condition)
- Perforation of cornea
- R corneal ulcer
- Right corneal ulcer
- Right corneal ulcer (eye condition)
- Superficial corneal ulcer
Clinical Information
- Area of epithelial tissue loss from corneal surface; associated with inflammatory cells in the cornea and anterior chamber
- Loss of epithelial tissue from the surface of the cornea due to progressive erosion and necrosis of the tissue; usually caused by bacterial, fungal, or viral infection
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to
370.00:
- Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9
- cornea 370.55
- with ulcer 370.00
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
- cornea (see also Keratitis) 370.9
- with ulcer (see also Ulcer, cornea) 370.00
- Keratitis (nodular) (nonulcerative) (simple) (zonular) NEC 370.9
- with ulceration (see also Ulcer, cornea) 370.00
- interstitial (nonsyphilitic) 370.50
- with ulcer (see also Ulcer, cornea) 370.00
- diffuse 370.52
- herpes, herpetic (simplex) 054.43
- syphilitic (congenital) (hereditary) 090.3
- tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.3 [370.59]
- ulcerated (see also Ulcer, cornea) 370.00
- Ophthalmia (see also Conjunctivitis) 372.30
- phlyctenular 370.31
- with ulcer (see also Ulcer, cornea) 370.00
- Perforation, perforative (nontraumatic)
- cornea (see also Ulcer, cornea) 370.00
- Phlyctenulosis (allergic) (keratoconjunctivitis) (nontuberculous) 370.31
- cornea 370.31
- with ulcer (see also Ulcer, cornea) 370.00
- Rupture, ruptured 553.9
- cornea (traumatic) - see also Rupture, eye
- due to ulcer 370.00
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative 707.9
- cornea (infectional) 370.00
- keratitis (see also Ulcer, cornea) 370.00
- Xerosis
- cornea 371.40
- with corneal ulceration 370.00
- vitamin A deficiency 264.3
- vitamin A deficiency 264.2