377.39 OPTIC NEURITIS NEC


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 377.39

Short Description: Optic neuritis NEC

Long Description: Other optic neuritis

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the sense organs (360–389)
    • Disorders of the eye and adnexa (360-379)
      • 377 Disorders of optic nerve and visual pathways
        • 377.39 Optic neuritis NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Acute compressive optic neuropathy
  • Compressive optic neuropathy due to thyroid eye disease
  • Hypertensive optic neuropathy
  • Infiltrative optic neuropathy
  • Inherited optic neuropathy
  • Optic neuropathy due to vitamin B12 deficiency
  • Paraneoplastic optic neuropathy

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 377.39 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Neuropathy, neuropathic (see also Disorder, nerve) 355.9
    • optic 377.39
      • ischemic 377.41
      • nutritional 377.33
      • toxic 377.34
  • Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (congenital) (degeneration) (disease) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (gangrene) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) 011.9
    • optic 017.3 [377.39]
      • nerve trunk 017.3 [377.39]
      • papilla, papillae 017.3 [377.39]

Crosswalk Information

The code 377.39 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
377.39 Right Arrow H46.8 Other optic neuritis
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 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-9 Code ICD-9 Description
377.00 Papilledema, unspecified
377.01 Papilledema associated with increased intracranial pressure
377.02 Papilledema associated with decreased ocular pressure
377.03 Papilledema associated with retinal disorder
377.04 Foster-Kennedy syndrome
377.10 Optic atrophy, unspecified
377.11 Primary optic atrophy
377.12 Postinflammatory optic atrophy
377.13 Optic atrophy associated with retinal dystrophies
377.14 Glaucomatous atrophy [cupping] of optic disc
377.15 Partial optic atrophy
377.16 Hereditary optic atrophy
377.21 Drusen of optic disc
377.22 Crater-like holes of optic disc
377.23 Coloboma of optic disc
377.24 Pseudopapilledema
377.30 Optic neuritis, unspecified
377.31 Optic papillitis
377.32 Retrobulbar neuritis (acute)
377.33 Nutritional optic neuropathy
377.34 Toxic optic neuropathy
377.41 Ischemic optic neuropathy
377.42 Hemorrhage in optic nerve sheaths
377.43 Optic nerve hypoplasia
377.49 Other disorders of optic nerve
377.51 Disorders of optic chiasm associated with pituitary neoplasms and disorders
377.52 Disorders of optic chiasm associated with other neoplasms
377.53 Disorders of optic chiasm associated with vascular disorders
377.54 Disorders of optic chiasm associated with inflammatory disorders
377.61 Disorders of other visual pathways associated with neoplasms
377.62 Disorders of other visual pathways associated with vascular disorders
377.63 Disorders of other visual pathways associated with inflammatory disorders
377.71 Disorders of visual cortex associated with neoplasms
377.72 Disorders of visual cortex associated with vascular disorders
377.73 Disorders of visual cortex associated with inflammatory disorders
377.75 Cortical blindness
377.9 Unspecified disorder of optic nerve and visual pathways


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