H50.6
Header — not billableMechanical strabismus
The ICD-10 code for mechanical strabismus is H50.6.
H50.6 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 10 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under H50.6
- H50.60Mechanical strabismus, unspecified
- H50.61Brown's sheath syndromenon-billable header
- H50.62Inferior oblique muscle entrapmentnon-billable header
- H50.63Inferior rectus muscle entrapmentnon-billable header
- H50.64Lateral rectus muscle entrapmentnon-billable header
- H50.65Medial rectus muscle entrapmentnon-billable header
- H50.66Superior oblique muscle entrapmentnon-billable header
- H50.67Superior rectus muscle entrapmentnon-billable header
- H50.68Extraocular muscle entrapment, unspecifiednon-billable header
- H50.69Other mechanical strabismus
Related codes in this category
- H50.0Esotropianon-billable header
- H50.1Exotropianon-billable header
- H50.2Vertical strabismusnon-billable header
- H50.3Intermittent heterotropianon-billable header
- H50.4Other and unspecified heterotropianon-billable header
- H50.5Heterophorianon-billable header
- H50.8Other specified strabismusnon-billable header
- H50.9Unspecified strabismus
- H50.6Mechanical strabismusnon-billable header