ICD-11 classes
09 Diseases of the visual system
Disorders of the eyeball - anterior segment
Disorders of the cornea
9A77 — Corneal scars or opacities
ICD-11 9A77 — Corneal scars or opacities
Corneal opacity occurs when the cornea is scarred by a variety of infectious and inflammatory eye diseases. These scars stop light from passing through the cornea to the retina and may cause the cornea which is normally transparent to appear white or clouded over.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
Diagnosis with code 9A77 contains 4 clarifying diagnoses:
- 9A77.0 — Contact lens-associated corneal infiltrates
- 9A77.1 — Adherent leukoma
- 9A77.Y — Other specified corneal scars or opacities
- 9A77.Z — Corneal scars or opacities, unspecified
The diagnosis is included in 3 other classes.
- Anterior corneal pigmentations (9A78.1)
- Posterior corneal pigmentations (9A78.1)
- Stromal corneal pigmentations (9A78.1)