H40.60X1 (Glaucoma secondary to drugs, unspecified eye, mild stage) compared with P15.3 (Birth injury to eye), from the official CMS tabular data. Do not report these codes together: the official tabular list marks them Excludes1.
Not coded here — these two are mutually exclusive.
“traumatic glaucoma due to birth injury (P15.3)”
An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur together, so the pair should not be reported for the same encounter. The sole exception is when the conditions are documented as unrelated to each other.
Source: CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes; ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a
No — do not report together. H40.60X1 carries an Excludes1 note covering P15.3: “traumatic glaucoma due to birth injury (P15.3)”
Sole exception: when the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).
| H40.60X1Glaucoma secondary to drugs, unspecified eye, mild stage | P15.3Birth injury to eye | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing status | Billable | Billable |
| Classification | H00-H59 — Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa (H00-H59) | P00-P96 — Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period (P00-P96) |
| Definition | Glaucoma secondary to drugs, unspecified eye, mild stage is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (H40.601). | Birth injury to eye is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (P15.3). |
| 7th character | One of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to each code in subcategory H40.6 to designate the stage of glaucoma | — |
| Includes | — | Subconjunctival hemorrhage due to birth injury Traumatic glaucoma due to birth injury |
| Use additional code | code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5) | — |
Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources