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ICD-10-CM Code for Congenital glaucoma Q15.0

ICD-10 code Q15.0 for Congenital glaucoma is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities .

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Official Long Descriptor

Congenital glaucoma
Axenfeld's anomaly
Buphthalmos
Glaucoma of childhood
Glaucoma of newborn
Hydrophthalmos
Keratoglobus, congenital, with glaucoma
Macrocornea with glaucoma
Macrophthalmos in congenital glaucoma
Megalocornea with glaucoma

Q15

Excludes1: congenital nystagmus (H55.01)
ocular albinism (E70.31-)
optic nerve hypoplasia (H47.03-)
retinitis pigmentosa (H35.52)

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