ICD-10-CM Code for Corneal staphyloma H18.72

ICD-10 code H18.72 for Corneal staphyloma is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the eye and adnexa .

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Corneal staphyloma

H18.7

Excludes1: congenital malformations of cornea (Q13.3-Q13.4)

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