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H40.212 ICD-10-CM Code: Acute angle-closure glaucoma, left eye

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Coding at a Glance

Tabular directives
5 Excludes1

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43, Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 124 — OTHER DISORDERS OF THE EYE WITH MCC OR THROMBOLYTIC AGENT (MDC 02)
  • MS-DRG 125 — OTHER DISORDERS OF THE EYE WITHOUT MCC (MDC 02)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for H40.212 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2026Effective: October 1, 2025

Notes without a marker are published on H40.212 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Coder workflow for H40.212

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Before you code H40.212

  1. Laterality is coded in this family. Confirm the side documented — right, left, or bilateral — and select the matching code (this page’s code: left). The unspecified-side code applies only when the record states no side. Laterality is assigned from the documented side; where a bilateral code exists and both sides are documented, it is used instead of two unilateral codes (Guidelines I.B.13).

    ReviewH40.211 · right, H40.213 · bilateral, H40.219 · unspecified

    Guide: Laterality coding →

  2. Check the Excludes1 note: if the documentation supports a condition named there, do not simply proceed with H40.212. Excludes1 conditions are not reported together with this code unless the record shows they are unrelated (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

    See the official tabular notes

Choose the right path

  1. Does the documentation support a condition named in H40.212’s Excludes1 note?
    Yes → Do not simply proceed: review the excluded code. Both are reported only when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated.
    No → Continue.

    ReviewH40.83, H44.51, Q15.0, P15.3

  2. Is the side documented?
    Yes → Select the code for the documented side (or the bilateral code when both sides are documented and one exists).
    No → Use the unspecified-side code only when the record states no side; a query is the alternative.

    ReviewH40.211 · right, H40.213 · bilateral, H40.219 · unspecified

Consider H40.212. Then confirm the code is valid for the date of service in the Verify section.

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement
Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).
Laterality
Right, left or bilateral as documented; unspecified only when the record states no side (Guidelines I.B.13).
Acuity
Acute or chronic as documented; when both are documented and separate codes exist, both are reported with the acute code first (Guidelines I.B.8).

Official instructions as workflow

  • Excludes1 — check before selecting H40.212(5 notes)

    Coding workflow: If the documentation supports a condition named in this note, do not simply proceed with H40.212: the two are not reported together. The one exception is when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated to each other.

    CompareH40.83, H44.51, Q15.0, P15.3

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.a

Coding decision scenarios

Pattern scenarios for this code’s structure — decision rules, not clinical cases

Documentation: Both the condition H40.212 describes and a condition named in its Excludes1 note are documented for the same encounter.

Coding question: Can both codes be reported?

Path: Review the Excludes1 note and the excluded code, and look for a provider statement on whether the two conditions are related.

Reason: Excludes1 means the two are not coded together; the exception is when the record shows the conditions are unrelated to each other (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

ReviewH40.83, H44.51, Q15.0, P15.3

Documentation: The record documents the condition on one side only.

Coding question: Which code in this family applies?

Path: Select the sibling code for the documented side.

Reason: Laterality is assigned from the documented side; the unspecified-side code is for records that state no side (Guidelines I.B.13).

ReviewH40.211 · right, H40.213 · bilateral, H40.219 · unspecified

Every row is derived from this code’s own record — its title, tabular notes, 7th-character family and same-category siblings — with fixed MedCoder wording; nothing is inferred about a patient. The official notes and guideline text are in the sections each row links to, and they control.

Code Overview

Acute angle-closure glaucoma, left eye is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (H40.212).

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Official Coding Guidelines

Official source data — quoted verbatim from the CMS/NCHS Official Guidelines

Official source data — quoted verbatim from the CMS/NCHS Official Guidelines

Verbatim excerpts from the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (CMS/NCHS) that govern this code.

Chapter 7: Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa (H00-H59)

1) Assigning Glaucoma Codes Assign as many codes from category H40, Glaucoma, as needed to identify the type of glaucoma, the affected eye, and the glaucoma stage.

Verify Before Coding

  • CC as a secondary diagnosis (FY2026). Can raise the stay's MS-DRG severity tier.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Relationships & Classification

MedCoder structured relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name H40.212 or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

Referenced by 1 Code First instruction: H26.23 — Glaucomatous flecks (subcapsular) (via H40.-).

Each of these codes carries a Code First note naming this condition — when that code is reported, THIS code is sequenced first, ahead of it.

Referenced by 5 Use Additional Code instructions: E08.39 — Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with other diabetic ophthalmic complication (via H40.-), E09.39 — Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with other diabetic ophthalmic complication (via H40.-), E10.39 — Type 1 diabetes mellitus with other diabetic ophthalmic complication (via H40.-), E11.39 — Type 2 diabetes mellitus with other diabetic ophthalmic complication (via H40.-), E13.39 — Other specified diabetes mellitus with other diabetic ophthalmic complication (via H40.-).

These codes instruct coders to additionally report this code when it applies.

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2026)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

FY2026 MS-DRG: CC — Complication or Comorbidity. Reported as a secondary diagnosis, this code raises the stay's MS-DRG severity tier — except when the principal diagnosis is one of 4 clinically related codes on its CMS exclusion list.

Named in the grouper logic of 2 MS-DRGs: DRG 124 (MDC 02), DRG 125 (MDC 02).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):EYE003 — Glaucoma (default).

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Same clinical process (MS-DRG)

Acts as CC — raises the severity of other admissions. CMS groups these diagnoses into one MS-DRG principal-diagnosis exclusion process — a CC/MCC on this list never raises severity when the principal diagnosis is also on it.

H40.211 — Acute angle-closure glaucoma, right eye, H40.213 — Acute angle-closure glaucoma, bilateral, H40.219 — Acute angle-closure glaucoma, unspecified eye

Same condition, opposite side

Same category and title, differing only in which side of the body is affected.

H40.211 — Acute angle-closure glaucoma, right eye (right)Compare H40.212 vs H40.211 →, H40.213 — Acute angle-closure glaucoma, bilateral (bilateral)Compare H40.212 vs H40.213 →, H40.219 — Acute angle-closure glaucoma, unspecified eye (unspecified)Compare H40.212 vs H40.219 →

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical category (Glaucoma).

H40.151 — Residual stage of open-angle glaucoma, right eye, H40.152 — Residual stage of open-angle glaucoma, left eye, H40.153 — Residual stage of open-angle glaucoma, bilateral, H40.159 — Residual stage of open-angle glaucoma, unspecified eye, H40.20X0 — Unspecified primary angle-closure glaucoma, stage unspecified, H40.20X1 — Unspecified primary angle-closure glaucoma, mild stage, H40.20X2 — Unspecified primary angle-closure glaucoma, moderate stage, H40.20X3 — Unspecified primary angle-closure glaucoma, severe stage, H40.20X4 — Unspecified primary angle-closure glaucoma, indeterminate stage, H40.211 — Acute angle-closure glaucoma, right eye, H40.213 — Acute angle-closure glaucoma, bilateral, H40.219 — Acute angle-closure glaucoma, unspecified eye, H40.2210 — Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, right eye, stage unspecified, H40.2211 — Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, right eye, mild stage, H40.2212 — Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, right eye, moderate stage, H40.2213 — Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, right eye, severe stage, H40.2214 — Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, right eye, indeterminate stage, H40.2220 — Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, left eye, stage unspecified, H40.2221 — Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, left eye, mild stage, H40.2222 — Chronic angle-closure glaucoma, left eye, moderate stage, +252 more

Same Index main term, other category

The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries files this code under the main term “Glaucoma”; these codes share that main term but sit in a different category of the Tabular List.

A18.59 — Other tuberculosis of eye (tuberculous), A52.71 — Late syphilitic oculopathy (syphilitic), B73.02 — Onchocerciasis with glaucoma (in, onchocerciasis), E34.9 — Endocrine disorder, unspecified (in, endocrine disease NOS), E72.03 — Lowe's syndrome (in, Lowe's syndrome), E85.4 — Organ-limited amyloidosis (in, amyloidosis), E88.9 — Metabolic disorder, unspecified (in, metabolic disease NOS), H44.51 — Absolute glaucoma (absolute), P15.3 — Birth injury to eye (traumatic, newborn), Q13.1 — Absence of iris (in, aniridia), Q13.81 — Rieger anomaly (in, Rieger anomaly), Q15.0 — Congenital glaucoma (newborn)

Contextual Map

Every relationship of H40.212 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Run H40.212 with these 6 related codes in Claim Check

Hierarchy

Referenced by Code First instructions

Referenced by Use Additional Code instructions

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MS-DRG Grouper

MDC crossing

  • MDC 02 — Diseases and Disorders of the Eye[MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Eye — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs. 1,200 same-MDC procedures group here; browse them on the MDC page.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2026

Nearest codes (40)

Change history

  • FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger) · icd10cm-fy2016

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2026 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2025 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Coding guidelines Official source data
ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (FY2026), quoted by section Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v43.1 (April 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Inpatient payment groups Official source data
CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v43 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder explanation
Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

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Reference this page in a research guide, syllabus or article. The release is included because code content changes each year.

MedCoder.ai. "H40.212 — Acute angle-closure glaucoma, left eye." ICD-10-CM FY2026. https://medcoder.ai/icd10/code/h40.212-acute-angle-closure-glaucoma-left-eye

Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Acute angle-closure glaucoma, left eye

No changes since FY2016 — additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes are tracked through FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026), and none are recorded for this code. Note changes are tracked from FY2027 only.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to H40.212 in its code family, with their registry titles.

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