H10.44
Billable codeVernal conjunctivitis
The ICD-10 code for vernal conjunctivitis is H10.44.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- vernal keratoconjunctivitis with limbar and corneal involvement (H16.26-)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- H10.40Unspecified chronic conjunctivitisnon-billable header
- H10.41Chronic giant papillary conjunctivitisnon-billable header
- H10.42Simple chronic conjunctivitisnon-billable header
- H10.43Chronic follicular conjunctivitisnon-billable header
- H10.45Other chronic allergic conjunctivitis
- H10.44Vernal conjunctivitis
ICD-9-CM equivalent
Informational only — GEM mappings are approximate, not guaranteed one-to-one equivalents. Verify before use in billing.
- 37213Approximate match
Associated MS-DRGs
H10.44 can serve as the principal diagnosis for these Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Groups.
Informational only — actual DRG assignment also depends on procedures, complications/comorbidities (CC/MCC), discharge status, and payer-specific rules not reflected here.