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exophthalmos

Medical Definition

Protrusion of one or both eyeballs; can be congenital and familial, or due to pathology, such as a retroorbital tumor (usually unilateral) or thyroid disease (usually bilateral).

Wikipedia Summary

Exophthalmos (also called exophthalmus, exophthalmia, proptosis, or exorbitism) is a bulging of the eye anteriorly out of the orbit. Exophthalmos can be either bilateral (as is often seen in Graves' disease) or unilateral (as is often seen in an orbital tumor)...
Related Codes (14)
Code
Description
Billable
Details
H05.2Exophthalmic conditions
H05.20Unspecified exophthalmos
H05.24Constant exophthalmos
H05.241Constant exophthalmos, right eye
H05.242Constant exophthalmos, left eye
H05.243Constant exophthalmos, bilateral
H05.249Constant exophthalmos, unspecified eye
H05.25Intermittent exophthalmos
H05.251Intermittent exophthalmos, right eye
H05.252Intermittent exophthalmos, left eye

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