Table 2.

Diagnoses Associated With Ophthalmology Consults by Frequency

ICD-10 code(s)	Diagnosis	ICD-10 Descriptions	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	Total
S02, S05	Orbital fracture	Fracture of skull and facial bones; injury of eye and orbit	161	166	116	97	112	188	840
H00, H01, H02, H04, H05, L03.213	Disorders of eyelid and lacrimal system	Hordeolum and chalazion; other inflammation of eyelid; disorders of lacrimal system; disorders of eyelid, lacrimal system and orbit; periorbital cellulitis	35	65	47	47	35	50	279
H33	Retinal detachment and breaks	Retinal detachments and breaks	38	55	33	50	19	29	224
H53	Visual disturbances	Visual disturbances	42	34	39	31	29	38	213
H25, H26, H27, Z96.1, Z98.41, Z98.42	Cataract and intraocular lens	Age-related cataract; other cataract; other disorders of lens; presence of intraocular lens; cataract extraction status right and left eye	56	37	20	33	26	27	199
H35, H36	Other retinal disorders	Other retinal disorders; retinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere	33	31	46	28	29	26	193
H43	Vitreous disorders	Disorders of vitreous body	35	38	34	32	19	29	187
E10.3, E10.9, E11.3, E11.9	Diabetes	Type 1 and 2 diabetes with and without complications	32	30	23	19	26	24	154
H10, H11, H15	Conjunctival and scleral disorders	Conjunctivitis; other disorders of conjunctiva; disorders of sclera	21	24	21	14	23	28	131
H16, H17, H18	Corneal disorders	Keratitis; corneal scars and opacities; other disorders of cornea	34	23	9	17	11	18	112
H40, H42	Glaucoma	Glaucoma; glaucoma in diseases classified elsewhere	22	16	26	15	11	11	101
H49, H50, H51	Strabismus	Paralytic strabismus; other strabismus; other disorders of binocular movement	11	27	27	14	5	11	95
H52	Refractive error	Disorders of refraction and accommodation	20	19	16	8	14	13	90
H46, H47	Optic nerve disorders	Optic neuritis, other disorders of optic nerve and visual pathways	13	20	12	14	12	18	89
S01.1	Eyelid and adnexal wounds	Open wound of eyelid and periocular area	20	15	13	16	8	13	85
H20, H21	Iritis	Iridocyclitis, other disorders of iris and ciliary body	9	25	10	13	12	10	79
H57	Miscellaneous	Other disorders of eye and adnexa	10	17	14	14	13	10	78
H54	Blindness and low vision	Blindness and low vision	15	16	12	3	6	18	70
B37.7, B37.89, B37.9, B49	Fungemia consultation	Candidal sepsis; other sites of candida; candidiasis unspecified; unspecified mycosis	16	6	7	11	11	12	63
H30, H31	Choroidal disorders	Chorioretinal inflammation; other disorders of choroid	7	12	11	2	3	6	41
B25.8, B25.9	Cytomegalovirus	Other cytomegalovirus; cytomegalovirus	6	8	5	6	7	4	36
H34	Retinal vascular occlusions	Retinal vascular occlusions	9	2	13	4	0	6	34
H44	Globe disorders	Disorders of globe	3	10	3	9	5	4	34
H59, Z98.89	Postoperative issues	Intraoperative and postprocedural complications, disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified, other specified postprocedural states	25	3	1	1	0	2	32
G93.2	Intracranial hypertension	Benign intracranial hypertension	4	6	3	4	2	4	23
T15	Foreign body	Foreign body on external eye	3	5	0	7	2	5	22
T26	Burns	Burn and corrosion confined to eye and adnexa	3	0	3	0	5	10	21
H55	Nystagmus	Nystagmus and other irregular eye movements	5	1	4	1	2	3	16
M31.6	Giant cell arteritis	Giant cell arteritis	3	2	2	0	1	3	11
Z04.72	Pediatric nonaccidental trauma	Encounter for examination for alleged child abuse	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
Total			691	713	571	510	449	620	3554

Abbreviations: ICD, International Classification of Diseases.

ICD-10 codes are grouped into diagnosis categories for simplicity.