ICD-11 MMS 2026-01
Heterophoria Description A temporary deviation of the eyes from normal binocular alignment when there is disruption of the visual input from one eye. The alignment is normal when there is binocular visual input.
Index terms Heterophoria phoria Esophoria Show all Hide Intermittent esophoria Exophoria Vertical heterophoria Cyclophoria Excyclophoria Incyclophoria Hyperphoria latent strabismus Alternating hyperphoria Hypophoria Exclusions from above levels 01 – Certain infectious or parasitic diseases05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases18 – Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperiumShow all Hide 19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period22 – Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes8A21.0 – Posterior cortical atrophySibling codes 9C80.0 – Esotropia9C80.1 – Exotropia9C80.2 – Vertical or torsional strabismus9C80.3 – Intermittent strabismus9C80.5 – Mechanical strabismus9C80.Y – Other specified non paralytic strabismus9C80.Z – Non paralytic strabismus, unspecifiedAllowed postcoordination axes Part of: 9C80 : Non paralytic strabismus › 09 : Diseases of the visual system
Source World Health Organization (WHO)
International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11), World Health Organization (WHO) 2019/2021, https://icd.who.int/browse11. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 IGO licence (CC BY-ND 3.0 IGO).