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Specific code 2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 743.42
Corneal opacities, interfering with vision, congenital
  • Short description: Cong cornea opac aff vis.
  • ICD-9-CM 743.42 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 743.42 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM 743.42.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 743.42: 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 743.42 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Q13.3 Congenital corneal opacity
Approximate Synonyms
  • Congenital corneal opacity interfering w vision
  • Congenital corneal opacity interfering with vision
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 743.42:
  • Arcus (cornea)
    • juvenilis 743.43
      • interfering with vision 743.42
  • Embryotoxon 743.43
    • interfering with vision 743.42
  • Macula
    • cornea, corneal
      • congenital 743.43
        • interfering with vision 743.42
      • interfering with central vision 371.03
      • not interfering with central vision 371.02
  • Melanosis 709.09
    • cornea (presenile) (senile) 371.12
      • congenital 743.43
        • interfering with vision 743.42
      • prenatal 743.43
        • interfering with vision 743.42
  • Nebula, cornea (eye) 371.01
    • congenital 743.43
      • interfering with vision 743.42
  • Opacity, opacities
    • cornea 371.00
      • central 371.03
      • congenital 743.43
        • interfering with vision 743.42
      • degenerative (see also Degeneration, cornea) 371.40
      • hereditary (see also Dystrophy, cornea) 371.50
      • inflammatory (see also Keratitis) 370.9
      • late effect of trachoma (healed) 139.1
      • minor 371.01
      • peripheral 371.02
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