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H49.4 - Progressive external ophthalmoplegia


The ICD 10 Code for Progressive external ophthalmoplegia is listed as H49.4.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: H49.4
Description: Progressive external ophthalmoplegia
  • Excludes1: Kearns-Sayre syndrome (H49.81-)
Chapter Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)
Block Disorders of ocular muscles, binocular movement, accommodation and refraction (H49-H52)
Parent H49 - Paralytic strabismus
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of H49.4:
H49.40 - Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, unspecified eye
H49.41 - Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, right eye
H49.42 - Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, left eye
H49.43 - Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, bilateral
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of H49.4:
H49.0 - Third [oculomotor] nerve palsy
H49.1 - Fourth [trochlear] nerve palsy
H49.2 - Sixth [abducent] nerve palsy
H49.3 - Total (external) ophthalmoplegia
H49.8 - Other paralytic strabismus
H49.9 - Unspecified paralytic strabismus