Eye disease
This is a partial list of human eye diseases and disorders.
The World Health Organization (WHO) publishes a classification of known diseases and injuries, the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, or ICD-10. This list uses that classification.
H00-H06 Disorders of eyelid, lacrimal system and orbit
- (H02.1) Ectropion
- (H02.2) Lagophthalmos
- (H02.3) Blepharochalasis
- (H02.4) Ptosis
- (H02.5) Stye, an acne type infection of the sebaceous glands on or near the eyelid.
- (H02.6) Xanthelasma of eyelid
- (H03.0*) Parasitic infestation of eyelid in diseases classified elsewhere
- Dermatitis of eyelid due to Demodex species ( B88.0+ )
- Parasitic infestation of eyelid in:
- leishmaniasis ( B55.-+ )
- loiasis ( B74.3+ )
- onchocerciasis ( B73+ )
- phthiriasis ( B85.3+ )
- (H03.1*) Involvement of eyelid in other infectious diseases classified elsewhere
- Involvement of eyelid in:
- herpesviral (herpes simplex) infection ( B00.5+ )
- leprosy ( A30.-+ )
- molluscum contagiosum ( B08.1+ )
- tuberculosis ( A18.4+ )
- yaws ( A66.-+ )
- zoster ( B02.3+ )
- Involvement of eyelid in:
- (H03.8*) Involvement of eyelid in other diseases classified elsewhere
- Involvement of eyelid in impetigo ( L01.0+ )
- (H04.0) Dacryoadenitis
- (H04.2) Epiphora
- (H06.2*) Dysthyroid exophthalmos it is shown that if your eye comes out that it will shrink because the optic fluids drain out
H10-H13 Disorders of conjunctiva
- (H10.0) Conjunctivitis – inflammation of the conjunctiva commonly due to an infection or an allergic reaction
- (H11.129) Conjunctival concretion - development of hard deposits under the eyelid
H15-H22 Disorders of sclera, cornea, iris and ciliary body
- (H15.0) Scleritis — a painful inflammation of the sclera
- (H16) Keratitis — inflammation of the cornea
- (H16.0) Corneal ulcer / Corneal abrasion — loss of the surface epithelial layer of the eye's cornea
- (H16.1) Snow blindness / Arc eye — a painful condition caused by exposure of unprotected eyes to bright light
- (H16.1) Thygeson's superficial punctate keratopathy
- (H16.4) Corneal neovascularization
- (H18.5) Fuchs' dystrophy — cloudy morning vision
- (H18.6) Keratoconus — degenerative disease: the cornea thins and changes shape to be more like a cone than a parabole
- (H19.3) Keratoconjunctivitis sicca — dry eyes
- (H20.0) Iritis — inflammation of the iris
- (H20.0, H44.1) Uveitis — inflammatory process involving the interior of the eye; Sympathetic ophthalmia is a subset.
H25-H28 Disorders of lens
- (H25) Cataract — the lens becomes opaque
- (H26) Myopia - close object appears clearly, but far ones do not
- (H27) Hypermetropia - Nearby objects appears blurry
- (H28) Presbyopia - inability to focus on nearby objects
H30-H36 Disorders of choroid and retina
H30 Chorioretinal inflammation
(H30) Chorioretinal inflammation
- (H30.0) Focal chorioretinal inflammation
- (H30.1) Disseminated chorioretinal inflammation
- Disseminated:
- chorioretinitis
- choroiditis
- retinitis
- retinochoroiditis
- Disseminated:
- Excludes: exudative retinopathy (H35.0)
- (H30.2) Posterior cyclitis
- (H30.8) Other chorioretinal inflammations
- (H30.9) Chorioretinal inflammation, unspecified
- Chorioretinitis
- Choroiditis
- Retinitis
- Retinochoroiditis[1]
H31 Other disorders of choroid
(H31) Other disorders of choroid
- (H31.0) Chorioretinal scars
- Macula scars of posterior pole (postinflammatory) (post-traumatic)
- Solar retinopathy
- (H31.1) Choroidal degeneration
- Atrophy
- Sclerosis
- Excludes: angioid streaks (H35.3)
- (H31.2) Hereditary choroidal dystrophy
- Choroideremia
- Dystrophy, choroidal (central areolar) (generalized) (peripapillary)
- Gyrate atrophy, choroid
- Excludes: ornithinaemia ( E72.4 )
- (H31.3) Choroidal haemorrhage and rupture
- Choroidal haemorrhage:
- NOS (Not Otherwise Specified)
- expulsive
- Choroidal haemorrhage:
- (H31.4) Choroidal detachment
- (H31.8) Other specified disordes of choroid
- (H31.9) Disorder of choroid, unspecified [1]
H32 Chorioretinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
(H32) Chorioretinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
- (H32.0) Chorioretinal inflammation in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
- Chorioretinitis:
- syphilitic, late ( A52.7+ )
- toxoplasma ( B58.0+ )
- tuberculosis ( A18.5+ )
- Chorioretinitis:
- (H32.8) Other chorioretinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere [1]
H33 Retinal detachments and breaks
- (H33) Retinal detachment with retinal break
- Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
- (H33.1) Retinoschisis and retinal cysts — the retina separates into several layers and may detach
- Cyst of ora serrata
- Parasitic cyst of retina NOS
- Pseudocyst of retina
- Excludes: congenital retinoschisis (Q14.1)
- microcystoid degeneration of retina (H35.4)
- Excludes: congenital retinoschisis (Q14.1)
- (H33.2) Serous retinal detachment
- Retinal detachment:
- NOS
- without retinal break
- Excludes: central serous chorioretinopathy (H35.7)
- Retinal detachment:
- (H33.3) Retinal breaks without detachment
- Horseshoe tear of retina, without detachment
- Round hole of retina, without detachment
- Operculum
- Retinal break NOS
- Excludes: chorioretinal scars after surgery for detachment (H59.8)
- peripheral retinal degeneration without break (H35.4)
- (H33.4) Traction detachment of retina
- Proliferative vitreo-retinopathy with retinal detachment
- (H33.5) Other retinal detachments[2]
H34 Retinal vascular occlusions
A retinal vessel occlusion is a blockage in the blood vessel at the back of your eye that can result in sight loss.
H35 Other retinal disorders
- (H35.0) Hypertensive retinopathy — burst blood vessels, due to long-term high blood pressure
- (H35.0/E10-E14) Diabetic retinopathy — damage to the retina caused by complications of diabetes mellitus, which could eventually lead to blindness
- (H35.0-H35.2) Retinopathy — general term referring to non-inflammatory damage to the retina
- (H35.1) Retinopathy of prematurity — scarring and retinal detachment in premature babies
- (H35.3) Age-related macular degeneration — the photosensitive cells in the macula malfunction and over time cease to work
- (H35.3) Macular degeneration — loss of central vision, due to macular degeneration
- (H35.3) Epiretinal membrane — a transparent layer forms and tightens over the retina
- (H35.4) Peripheral retinal degeneration
- (H35.5) Hereditary retinal dystrophy
- (H35.5) Retinitis pigmentosa — genetic disorder; tunnel vision preceded by night-blindness
- (H35.6) Retinal haemorrhage
- (H35.7) Separation of retinal layers
- Central serous retinopathy
- Retinal detachment: Detachment of retinal pigment epithelium
- (H35.8) Other specified retinal disorders
- (H35.81) Macular edema — distorted central vision, due to a swollen macula
- (H35.9) Retinal disorder, unspecified [1]
H36 Retinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
- (H36.0) Diabetic retinopathy
H40-H42 Glaucoma
- (H40.1) Primary open-angle glaucoma
- (H40.2) Primary angle-closure glaucoma
- (H40.3) Primary Normal tension glaucoma
H43-H45 Disorders of vitreous body and globe
H43 Disorders of vitreous body
- (H43.0) Vitreous prolapse
- Excludes: vitreous syndrome following cataract surgery (H59.0)
- (H43.1) Vitreous haemorrhage
- (H43.2) Crystalline deposits in vitreous body
- (H43.3) Other vitreous opacities
- Vitreous membranes and strands
- (H43.8) Other disorders of vitreous body
- Vitreous:
- degeneration
- detachment
- Excludes: proliferative vitreo-retinopathy with retinal detachment (H33.4)
- Vitreous:
- (H43.9) Disorder of vitreous body, unspecified
H44 Disorders of globe
Includes: disorders affecting multiple structures of eye
- (H44.0) Purulent endophthalmitis
- Panophthalmitis
- Vitreous abscess
- (H44.1) Other endophthalmitis
- Parasitic endophthalmitis NOS
- Sympathetic uveitis
- (H44.2) Degenerative myopia
- (H44.3) Other degenerative disorders of globe
- (H44.4) Hypotony of eye
- (H44.5) Degenerated conditions of globe
- Absolute glaucoma
- Atrophy of globe
- Phthisis bulbi
- (H44.6) Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic
- Retained (old) magnetic foreign body (in):
- anterior chamber
- ciliary body
- iris
- lens
- posterior wall of globe
- vitreous body
- Retained (old) magnetic foreign body (in):
- (H44.7) Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic
- Retained (nonmagnetic)(old) foreign body (in):
- anterior chamber
- ciliary body
- iris
- lens
- posterior wall of globe
- vitreous body
- Retained (nonmagnetic)(old) foreign body (in):
- (H44.8) Other disorders of globe
- Haemophthalmos
- Luxation of globe
- (H44.9) Disorder of globe, unspecified
H45 Disorders of vitreous body and globe in diseases classified elsewhere
- (H45.0) Vitreous haemorrhage in diseases classified elsewhere
- (H45.1) Endophthalmitis in diseases classified elsewhere
- Endophthalmitis in:
- (H45.8) Other disorders of vitreous body and globe in diseases classified elsewhere[3]
H46-H48 Disorders of optic nerve and visual pathways
- (H47.2) Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy — genetic disorder; loss of central vision,.
- (H47.3) Optic disc drusen — globules progressively calcify in the optic disc, compressing the vascularization and optic nerve fibers
H49-H52 Disorders of ocular muscles, binocular movement, accommodation and refraction
- (H49-H50) Strabismus (Crossed eye/Wandering eye/Walleye) — the eyes do not point in the same direction
- (H49.3-4) Ophthalmoparesis — the partial or total paralysis of the eye muscles
- (H49.4) Progressive external ophthaloplegia — weakness of the external eye muscles
- (H50.0, H50.3) Esotropia — the tendency for eyes to become cross-eyed
- (H50.1, H50.3) Exotropia — the tendency for eyes to look outward
- H52 Disorders of refraction and accommodation
- (H52.0) Hypermetropia (Farsightedness) — the inability to focus on near objects (and in extreme cases, any objects)
- (H52.1) Myopia (Nearsightedness) — distant objects appear blurred
- (H52.2) Astigmatism — the cornea or the lens of the eye is not perfectly spherical, resulting in different focal points in different planes
- (H52.3) Anisometropia — the lenses of the two eyes have different focal lengths
- (H52.4) Presbyopia — a condition that occurs with growing age and results in the inability to focus on close objects
- (H52.5) Disorders of accommodation
- Internal ophthalmoplegia
H53-H54.9 Visual disturbances and blindness
- (H53.0) Amblyopia (lazy eye) — poor or blurry vision due to either no transmission or poor transmission of the visual image to the brain
- (H53.0) Leber's congenital amaurosis — genetic disorder; appears at birth, characterised by sluggish or no pupillary responses
- (H53.1, H53.4) Scotoma (blind spot) — an area impairment of vision surrounded by a field of relatively well-preserved vision. See also Anopsia.
- (H53.5) Color blindness — the inability to perceive differences between some or all colors that other people can distinguish
- (H53.5) Achromatopsia / Maskun — a low cone count or lack of function in cone cells
- (H53.6) Nyctalopia (Night blindness) — a condition making it difficult or impossible to see in the dark
- (H54) Blindness — the brain does not receive optical information, through various causes
- (H54/B73) River blindness — blindness caused by long-term infection by a parasitic worm (rare in western societies)
- (H54.9) Micropthalmia/coloboma — a disconnection between the optic nerve and the brain and/or spinal cord
H55-H59 Other disorders of eye and adnexa
- (H57.9) Red eye — conjunctiva appears red typically due to illness or injury
- (H58.0) Argyll Robertson pupil — small, unequal, irregularly shaped pupils
Other codes
The following are not classified as diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59) by the World Health Organization:[4]
- (B36.1) Keratomycosis — fungal infection of the cornea
- (E50.6-E50.7) Xerophthalmia — dry eyes, caused by vitamin A deficiency
- (Q13.1) Aniridia — a rare congenital eye condition leading to underdevelopment or even absence of the iris of the eye
See also
Notes
- Please see the References section below for the complete listing of information.
- ^ a b c d World Health Organization ICD-10 codes: Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59). [1]. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
- ^ "ICD-10 - Disorders of choroid and retina (H30-H36)". icd.who.int. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ "ICD-10 - Disorders of vitreous body and globe (H43-H45)". icd.who.int. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. 10th Revision. Version for 2007. [2]
