H43.39

Applicable To

• Vitreous floaters

Clinical Information

• A disorder characterized by an individual seeing spots before their eyes. The spots are shadows of opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor or lens.

• Spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor or lens.

• Spots before the eyes; deposits in the vitreous of the eye, usually moving about and probably representing fine aggregates of vitreous protein occurring as a benign degenerative change.

Details

• H43.39 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM H43.39 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H43.39 – other international versions of ICD-10 H43.39 may differ.