378.55 - External Ophthalmoplegia
The ICD 9 Code for External ophthalmoplegia is listed as 378.55.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
| ICD 9 CM Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis Code: | 378.55 |
| Long Description: | External ophthalmoplegia |
| Short Description: | External ophthalmoplegia |
| Chapter: | Diseases Of The Nervous System And Sense Organs |
| Block: | Disorders Of The Eye And Adnexa (360-379) |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | H49.40 - Progressive external ophthalmoplegia, unspecified eye (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 378.55: | |
| 378.50 - Paralytic strabismus, unspecified | |
| 378.51 - Third or oculomotor nerve palsy, partial | |
| 378.52 - Third or oculomotor nerve palsy, total | |
| 378.53 - Fourth or trochlear nerve palsy | |
| 378.54 - Sixth or abducens nerve palsy | |
| 378.56 - Total ophthalmoplegia | |