H44.0
ICD-10Non-billable categoryPurulent endophthalmitis
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Purulent endophthalmitis
H44.0 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- bleb associated endophthalmitis (H59.4-)
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ICD-10-CM FY2026 defines 3 codes beneath H44.0. See the ICD-10-CM index for what this site publishes.
Related codes in H44
- H44.1Other endophthalmitiscategory
- H44.2Degenerative myopiacategory
- H44.3Other and unspecified degenerative disorders of globecategory
- H44.4Hypotony of eyecategory
- H44.5Degenerated conditions of globecategory
- H44.6Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magneticcategory
- H44.7Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagneticcategory
- H44.8Other disorders of globecategory
- H44.9Unspecified disorder of globe
Where this code sits
- Parent code
- H44
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.