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Specific code 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 371.24
Corneal edema due to wearing of contact lenses
  • 2014
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • Short description: Edema d/t contact lens.
  • ICD-9-CM 371.24 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 371.24 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 2014 version of ICD-9-CM 371.24.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 371.24: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 371.24 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM H18.219 Corneal edema secondary to contact lens, unspecified eye
Approximate Synonyms
  • Bilat corneal edema due to contact lens
  • Bilateral corneal edema due to contact lens
  • Corneal edema due to contact lens
  • Corneal edema due to contact lens, both eyes
  • L corneal edema due to contact lens
  • Left corneal edema due to contact lens
  • R corneal edema due to contact lens
  • Right corneal edema due to contact lens
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 371.24:
 371.23 ICD9Data.com 371.3 
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