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H57.89 ICD-10-CM Code: Other specified disorders of eye and adnexa

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

Billable · FY2027A valid, specific ICD-10-CM code, reportable for dates of service in FY2027.

What you need to know

Source: CMS/NCHS Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes, quoted. From the CMS/NCHS tabular list for the release in force. A note the category or block publishes applies to this code too; the Instructions section marks which is which.

The tabular list publishes no instructional note for this code itself.

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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 v44, 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.

Coder workflow for H57.89

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

Before you code H57.89

  1. “Other” (NEC) means the condition is specified in the record but no dedicated code captures it. Confirm the documented form is not one a sibling code names before settling on H57.89; if the record states no specifics at all, the unspecified sibling applies instead. “Other” codes are for documented conditions the classification gives no specific code; “unspecified” codes are for records lacking the detail (Guidelines I.A.9.a, I.A.9.b).

    ReviewH57.81, H57.8A

    See the relationships section · Guide: Other vs unspecified (NEC vs NOS) →

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).
Any detail beyond this code’s title
What the record states that a more specific sibling code would capture — or its absence, which itself supports the unspecified code.

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.

Coding context

Guidelines, coding notes, decision aids, relationships (with MS-DRG and CCSR classification), hierarchy, HCC, coverage and the context map: what a coder reaches for after the core. Each section names whether it is official source data, a MedCoder-derived relationship or MedCoder editorial.

Code Overview

Other specified disorders of eye and adnexa is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (H57.89).

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

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  • No Medicare Code Editor or MS-DRG Definitions Manual restrictions apply to this code.

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Relationships & Classification

MedCoder-derived relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2027)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

FY2027 MS-DRG: not on the CMS CC/MCC list — as a secondary diagnosis this code does not change MS-DRG severity for that release.

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):EYE012 — Other specified eye disorders (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 category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical category (Other specified eye disorders).

H57.00 — Unspecified anomaly of pupillary function, H57.01 — Argyll Robertson pupil, atypical, H57.02 — Anisocoria, H57.03 — Miosis, H57.04 — Mydriasis, H57.051 — Tonic pupil, right eye, H57.052 — Tonic pupil, left eye, H57.053 — Tonic pupil, bilateral, H57.059 — Tonic pupil, unspecified eye, H57.09 — Other anomalies of pupillary function, H57.10 — Ocular pain, unspecified eye, H57.11 — Ocular pain, right eye, H57.12 — Ocular pain, left eye, H57.13 — Ocular pain, bilateral, H57.8 — Other specified disorders of eye and adnexa, H57.8A1 — Foreign body sensation, right eye, H57.8A2 — Foreign body sensation, left eye, H57.8A3 — Foreign body sensation, bilateral eyes, H57.8A9 — Foreign body sensation, unspecified eye, H57.9 — Unspecified disorder of eye and adnexa, +260 more

Same Index main term, other category

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

H27.8 — Other specified disorders of lens (lens), H31.30 — Unspecified choroidal hemorrhage (choroid), H31.31 — Expulsive choroidal hemorrhage (choroid, expulsive), H33.11 — Cyst of ora serrata (retina, ora serrata), H33.12 — Parasitic cyst of retina (retina, parasitic), H33.19 — Other retinoschisis and retinal cysts (retina), H35.6 — Retinal hemorrhage (retina, retinal), H43.1 — Vitreous hemorrhage (vitreous), H43.89 — Other disorders of vitreous body (vitreous body), H47.02 — Hemorrhage in optic nerve sheath (optic nerve), I31.2 — Hemopericardium, not elsewhere classified (pericardium, pericarditis), I31.8 — Other specified diseases of pericardium (pericardial, acquired), I51.89 — Other ill-defined heart diseases (heart), I60.0 — Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from carotid siphon and bifurcation (intracranial, subarachnoid, intracranialartery, carotid siphon and bifurcation), I60.1 — Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from middle cerebral artery (intracranial, subarachnoid, intracranialartery, middle cerebral), I60.2 — Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from anterior communicating artery (intracranial, subarachnoid, intracranialartery, anterior communicating), I60.3 — Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from posterior communicating artery (intracranial, subarachnoid, intracranialartery, posterior communicating), I60.4 — Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from basilar artery (intracranial, subarachnoid, intracranialartery, basilar), I60.5 — Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from vertebral artery (intracranial, subarachnoid, intracranialartery, vertebral), I60.6 — Nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage from other intracranial arteries (intracranial, subarachnoid, intracranialartery, specified artery NEC), +358 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of H57.89 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.

Hierarchy

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 · FY2027

Index entries

  • Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention), eye NEC[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Disease, diseased, eye, inflammatory NEC[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Disease, diseased, eye, specified NEC[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed), eye NEC[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Melanosis, eye NEC[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027

Nearest codes (30)

Change history

Reference

Index terms and tables, published questions and FAQ, every source behind this page with its release and checksum, the date-of-service check and the complete change history.

Indexed Clinical Terms (5)

Official source data — entries quoted as published, in the Index’s own lookup phrasing

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code. These are alphabetic-index entries shown as the Index writes them — lookup phrasing, not necessarily the wording of a final diagnosis.

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 FY2027 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2026 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v44.0 (October 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 — v44 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-derived 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 editorial 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.

Current data releases:ICD-10-CM FY2027 · ICD-10-PCS FY2027 · HCPCS October 2026 · MS-DRG v44 · Medicare Code Editor v44.0 · NCCI PTP Q4 2026 · MUE Q4 2026 · NCD code lists 2026-01 · LCD export September 28, 2026 · All releases and sources

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MedCoder.ai. "H57.89 — Other specified disorders of eye and adnexa." ICD-10-CM FY2027. https://medcoder.ai/icd10/code/h57.89-other-specified-disorders-of-eye-and-adnexa

Change history

  • FY2019 — October 1, 2018
    Added to the code set
    Other specified disorders of eye and adnexa
    FY2019 changes

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