H49Paralytic strabismus
ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Disorders of ocular muscles, binocular movement, accommodation and refraction (H49-H52)
Coding Notes
Excludes2 (not part of this condition — may code both)
- internal ophthalmoplegia (H52.51-)
- internuclear ophthalmoplegia (H51.2-)
- progressive supranuclear ophthalmoplegia (G23.1)
Subcategories (7)
- H49.0 Third [oculomotor] nerve palsy
- H49.1 Fourth [trochlear] nerve palsy
- H49.2 Sixth [abducent] nerve palsy
- H49.3 Total (external) ophthalmoplegia
- H49.4 Progressive external ophthalmoplegia
- H49.8 Other paralytic strabismus
- H49.9 Unspecified paralytic strabismus