ICD-10-CM

Non-billable

H81

Classification

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Coding Guidance

H81 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.

Excludes 1

Excludes 2

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period

P04-P96

certain infectious and parasitic diseases

A00-B99

complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

O00-O9A

congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities

Q00-Q99

diabetes mellitus related eye conditions

E09.3-E13.3

endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases

E00-E88

injury (trauma) of eye and orbit

S05

injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

S00-T88

neoplasms

C00-D49

symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified

R00-R94

syphilis related eye disorders

A50.01-A52.71

Use Additional Code

From H00-H59

Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition

More Specific Codes

H81.0

Meniere's disease

H81.1

Benign paroxysmal vertigo

H81.2

Vestibular neuronitis

H81.3

Other peripheral vertigo

H81.4

Vertigo of central origin

H81.8

Other disorders of vestibular function

H81.9

Unspecified disorder of vestibular function

External Resources

2025 ICD-10 guidelines from CMS.gov