Corneal scars or opacities

Description

Corneal opacity occurs when the cornea is scarred by a variety of infectious and inflammatory eye diseases. These scars stop light from passing through the cornea to the retina and may cause the cornea which is normally transparent to appear white or clouded over.

Exclusions from above levels

01 – Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
18 – Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

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19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
22 – Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes
8A21.0 – Posterior cortical atrophy

Child codes

9A77.0 – Contact lens-associated corneal infiltrates
9A77.1 – Adherent leukoma
9A77.Y – Other specified corneal scars or opacities
9A77.Z – Corneal scars or opacities, unspecified

Sibling codes

9A70 – Hereditary corneal dystrophies
9A71 – Infectious keratitis
9A72 – Traumatic keratitis
9A73 – Exposure keratitis
9A74 – Neurotrophic keratitis
9A75 – Autoimmune keratitis
9A76 – Corneal ulcer
9A78 – Certain specified disorders of cornea
9A79 – Keratoconjunctivitis sicca
9A7A – Corneal abscess
9A7B – Sclerosing keratitis
9A7Y – Other specified disorders of the cornea
9A7Z – Disorders of the cornea, unspecified

Foundation entity

Corneal scars or opacities – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1115438392

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 09: Diseases of the visual system