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H40.6 - Glaucoma secondary to drugs


The ICD 10 Code for Glaucoma secondary to drugs is listed as H40.6.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: H40.6
Description: Glaucoma secondary to drugs
  • Use additional code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
  • One of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to each code in subcategory H40.6 to designate the stage of glaucoma
  • 0 - stage unspecified
  • 1 - mild stage
  • 2 - moderate stage
  • 3 - severe stage
  • 4 - indeterminate stage
Chapter Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)
Block Glaucoma (H40-H42)
Parent H40 - Glaucoma
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of H40.6:
H40.60 - Glaucoma secondary to drugs, unspecified eye
H40.61 - Glaucoma secondary to drugs, right eye
H40.62 - Glaucoma secondary to drugs, left eye
H40.63 - Glaucoma secondary to drugs, bilateral
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of H40.6:
H40.0 - Glaucoma suspect
H40.1 - Open-angle glaucoma
H40.2 - Primary angle-closure glaucoma
H40.3 - Glaucoma secondary to eye trauma
H40.4 - Glaucoma secondary to eye inflammation
H40.5 - Glaucoma secondary to other eye disorders
H40.8 - Other glaucoma
H40.9 - Unspecified glaucoma