H44.023 is the authoritative medical code for Vitreous abscess chronic, bilateral. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for vitreous abscess chronic, bilateral (ICD-10-CM H44.023), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Vitreous abscess chronic, bilateral is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code H44.023. Includes: disorders affecting multiple structures of eye. Excludes1 (not coded here): bleb associated endophthalmitis H59.4-. Use additional code: code to identify organism.
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for H44.023 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Includes
Conditions the official ICD-10-CM tabular list includes under this code.
- disorders affecting multiple structures of eye
Excludes1 — Not Coded Here
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
- bleb associated endophthalmitis H59.4-
Use Additional Code
Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.
- code to identify organism
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance
What can't be coded together with H44.023?
Per Excludes1 instructions, H44.023 must not be reported with: bleb associated endophthalmitis (H59.4-).
Is an additional code needed with H44.023?
Use additional code(s) to specify: code to identify organism.
Codes in This Family (40)
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as H44.023, with their registry titles.
- H44 — Disorders of globe
- H44.0 — Purulent endophthalmitis
- H44.00 — Unspecified purulent endophthalmitis
- H44.001 — Unspecified purulent endophthalmitis, right eye
- H44.002 — Unspecified purulent endophthalmitis, left eye
- H44.003 — Unspecified purulent endophthalmitis, bilateral
- H44.009 — Unspecified purulent endophthalmitis, unspecified eye
- H44.01 — Panophthalmitis (acute)
- H44.011 — Panophthalmitis (acute), right eye
- H44.012 — Panophthalmitis (acute), left eye
- H44.013 — Panophthalmitis (acute), bilateral
- H44.019 — Panophthalmitis (acute), unspecified eye
- H44.02 — Vitreous abscess (chronic)
- H44.021 — Vitreous abscess (chronic), right eye
- H44.022 — Vitreous abscess (chronic), left eye
- H44.029 — Vitreous abscess (chronic), unspecified eye
- H44.1 — Other endophthalmitis
- H44.11 — Panuveitis
- H44.111 — Panuveitis, right eye
- H44.112 — Panuveitis, left eye
- H44.113 — Panuveitis, bilateral
- H44.119 — Panuveitis, unspecified eye
- H44.12 — Parasitic endophthalmitis, unspecified
- H44.121 — Parasitic endophthalmitis, unspecified, right eye
- H44.122 — Parasitic endophthalmitis, unspecified, left eye
- H44.123 — Parasitic endophthalmitis, unspecified, bilateral
- H44.129 — Parasitic endophthalmitis, unspecified, unspecified eye
- H44.13 — Sympathetic uveitis
- H44.131 — Sympathetic uveitis, right eye
- H44.132 — Sympathetic uveitis, left eye
- H44.133 — Sympathetic uveitis, bilateral
- H44.139 — Sympathetic uveitis, unspecified eye
- H44.19 — Other endophthalmitis
- H44.2 — Degenerative myopia
- H44.20 — Degenerative myopia, unspecified eye
- H44.21 — Degenerative myopia, right eye
- H44.22 — Degenerative myopia, left eye
- H44.23 — Degenerative myopia, bilateral
- H44.2A — Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization
- H44.2A1 — Degenerative myopia with choroidal neovascularization, right eye
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