H47

Non-Billable
ChapterH00–H59
Rankcategory
Official Description

Other disorders of optic [2nd] nerve and visual pathways

Metadata & Insights
  • •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • •Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • •Chapter 7: Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa (H00-H59).

CH7 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
  • syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH7Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)
H46-H47Disorders of optic nerve and visual pathways (H46-H47)
H47Other disorders of optic [2nd] nerve and visual pathways
H47.0Disorders of optic nerve, not elsewhere classified
H47.1Papilledema
H47.2Optic atrophy
H47.3Other disorders of optic disc
H47.4Disorders of optic chiasm
H47.5Disorders of other visual pathways
H47.6Disorders of visual cortex
H47.9Unspecified disorder of visual pathways

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to H47:

chapterCH7
Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)
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Alphabetic Index Mentions

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25 raw paths
Atrophy, atrophic (of)7 unique routes
Leber's optic (hereditary)→H47
nerve
cranial
second (optic)→H47
optic (nerve)→H47(5 variants)
glaucomatous→H47
hereditary→H47
primary→H47
specified type NEC→H47
Blindness (acquired) (congenital) (both eyes)3 unique routes
cortical→H47(3 variants)
left brain→H47
right brain→H47
Coloboma (iris)1 unique routes
optic disc (congenital)
acquired→H47
Disorder (of)14 unique routes
nerve(2 variants)
optic NEC→H47(2 variants)
ischemic→H47
optic(5 variants)
chiasm→H47(4 variants)
due to(3 variants)
inflammatory disorder→H47
neoplasm→H47
vascular disorder→H47
disc→H47
visual(7 variants)
cortex(7 variants)
blindness→H47(3 variants)
left brain→H47
right brain→H47
due to(4 variants)
inflammatory disorder→H47(3 variants)
left brain→H47
right brain→H47
neoplasm→H47

MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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