9B76

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Degenerative high myopia

Description

Macular lesions occurring in people with myopia, usually high myopia, causing a decrease of the best corrected visual acuity and comprising myopic chorioretinal atrophy, myopic choroidal neovascularization and myopic retinoschisis

Index terms

  • Degenerative high myopia
  • degenerative myopia
  • malignant myopia
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  • myopic macular degeneration
  • pathologic myopia
  • pernicious myopia
  • progressive high degenerative myopia
  • progressive high myopia
  • Choroidal neovascularization in high myopia
  • Macular hole in high myopia
  • Retinal detachment in high myopia
  • Foveoschisis in high myopia

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

Sibling codes

  • 9B70 – Inherited retinal dystrophies
  • 9B71 – Retinopathy
  • 9B72 – Inflammatory diseases of the retina
  • 9B73 – Retinal detachments or breaks
  • 9B74 – Retinal vascular occlusions
  • 9B75 – Macular disorders
  • 9B77 – Eales disease
  • 9B78 – Certain specified retinal disorders
  • 9B7Y – Other specified disorders of the retina
  • 9B7Z – Disorders of the retina, unspecified

Foundation entity

Degenerative high myopia – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/543495250

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 09: Diseases of the visual system