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14.49 - Other Scleral Buckling


The ICD 9 Code for Other scleral buckling is listed as 14.49.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field Value
Procedure Code: 14.49
Description: Other scleral buckling
Short Description: Scleral buckling NEC
Chapter: Operations on the eye
Subsection 1: Operations on retina, choroid, vitreous, and posterior chamber
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 08B43ZZ - Excision of Right Vitreous, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 08B53ZZ - Excision of Left Vitreous, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 08B6XZZ - Excision of Right Sclera, External Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 08B7XZZ - Excision of Left Sclera, External Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 3E0CXSF - Introduction of Other Gas into Eye, External Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 14.49:
14.41 - Scleral buckling with implant