ICD-10-CM category
H46: Optic neuritis
Codes under H46 (Optic neuritis). A ✓ marks a billable (fully specified) code; category codes without a ✓ are not billable on their own.
| Code | Description | Billable |
|---|---|---|
| H46.0 | Optic papillitis | — |
| H46.00 | Optic papillitis, unspecified eye | ✓ |
| H46.01 | Optic papillitis, right eye | ✓ |
| H46.1 | Retrobulbar neuritis | — |
| H46.02 | Optic papillitis, left eye | ✓ |
| H46.2 | Nutritional optic neuropathy | ✓ |
| H46.03 | Optic papillitis, bilateral | ✓ |
| H46.3 | Toxic optic neuropathy | ✓ |
| H46.8 | Other optic neuritis | ✓ |
| H46.9 | Unspecified optic neuritis | ✓ |
| H46.10 | Retrobulbar neuritis, unspecified eye | ✓ |
| H46.11 | Retrobulbar neuritis, right eye | ✓ |
| H46.12 | Retrobulbar neuritis, left eye | ✓ |
| H46.13 | Retrobulbar neuritis, bilateral | ✓ |
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