Implantation of a corneal graft–keratoprosthesis for severe corneal opacity in wet blinking eyes

Clinical classification codes

Coding recommendations

OPCS-4 

C46.4 Insertion of prosthesis into cornea

Excludes: Insertion of therapeutic contact lens (C51.5)In addition the relevant code from category

H17.- Corneal scars and opacities would be recorded.

The Clinical Classifications Service has advised NICE that currently these are the most suitable OPCS-4 codes to describe this procedure.  The OPCS-4 classification is designed to categorise procedures for analysis and it is not always possible to identify a procedure uniquely.

ICD-10

In addition the ICD-10 code H17.Corneal scars and opacities would be recorded.