Diagnosis Code

H51.23 INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA, BILATERAL


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: H51.23

Short Description: Internuclear ophthalmoplegia, bilateral

Long Description: Internuclear ophthalmoplegia, bilateral

The code H51.23 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00–H59)
    • Disorders of ocular muscles, binocular movement, accommodation and refraction (H49-H52)
      • Other disorders of binocular movement (H51)
        • H51.23 Internuclear ophthalmoplegia, bilateral

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia of eyes
  • Dissociated gaze palsy
  • Dissociated gaze palsy
  • Internuclear ophthalmoplegia
  • Internuclear ophthalmoplegia
  • Internuclear ophthalmoplegia of left eye
  • Internuclear ophthalmoplegia of left eye
  • Internuclear ophthalmoplegia of right eye
  • Internuclear ophthalmoplegia of right eye
  • Wall-eyed bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia syndrome

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
H51.23 Right Arrow 378.86 Internucl ophthalmopleg

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
H51 Other disorders of binocular movement
H51.0 Palsy (spasm) of conjugate gaze
H51.1 Convergence insufficiency and excess
H51.11 Convergence insufficiency
H51.12 Convergence excess
H51.2 Internuclear ophthalmoplegia
H51.20 Internuclear ophthalmoplegia, unspecified eye
H51.21 Internuclear ophthalmoplegia, right eye
H51.22 Internuclear ophthalmoplegia, left eye
H51.8 Other specified disorders of binocular movement
H51.9 Unspecified disorder of binocular movement


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023