Eye disease
This is a partial list of human eye diseases and disorders.
The World Health Organization publishes a classification of known diseases and injuries, the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, or ICD-10. This list uses that classification.
H00–H06 Disorders of eyelid, lacrimal system and orbit
- Ectropion
- Lagophthalmos
- Blepharochalasis
- Ptosis
- Stye, an acne type infection of the sebaceous glands on or near the eyelid.
- Xanthelasma of eyelid
- Parasitic infestation of eyelid in diseases classified elsewhere
- * Dermatitis of eyelid due to Demodex species
- * Parasitic infestation of eyelid in:
- ** leishmaniasis
- ** loiasis
- ** onchocerciasis
- ** phthiriasis
- Involvement of eyelid in other infectious diseases classified elsewhere
- * Involvement of eyelid in:
- ** herpesviral infection
- ** leprosy
- ** molluscum contagiosum
- ** tuberculosis
- ** yaws
- ** zoster
- Involvement of eyelid in other diseases classified elsewhere
- * Involvement of eyelid in impetigo
- Dacryoadenitis
- Epiphora
- Dysthyroid exophthalmos it is shown that if your eye comes out that it will shrink because the optic fluids drain out
H10–H13 Disorders of conjunctiva
- Conjunctivitis – inflammation of the conjunctiva commonly due to an infection or an allergic reaction
- Conjunctival concretion – development of hard deposits under the eyelid
H15–H22 Disorders of sclera, cornea, iris and ciliary body
- Scleritis – a painful inflammation of the sclera
- Keratitis – inflammation of the cornea
- Corneal ulcer / Corneal abrasion – loss of the surface epithelial layer of the eye's cornea
- Snow blindness / Arc eye – a painful condition caused by exposure of unprotected eyes to bright light
- Thygeson's superficial punctate keratopathy
- Corneal neovascularization
- Fuchs' dystrophy – cloudy morning vision
- Keratoconus – degenerative disease: the cornea thins and changes shape to be more like a cone than a parabole
- Keratoconjunctivitis sicca – dry eyes
- Iritis – inflammation of the iris
- Uveitis – inflammatory process involving the interior of the eye; Sympathetic ophthalmia is a subset.
H25–H28 Disorders of lens
- Cataract – the lens becomes opaque
- Myopia – close object appears clearly, but far ones do not
- Hypermetropia – Nearby objects appears blurry
- Presbyopia – inability to focus on nearby objects
H30–H36 Disorders of choroid and retina
H30 Chorioretinal inflammation
Chorioretinal inflammation- Focal chorioretinal inflammation
- * Focal:
- ** chorioretinitis
- ** choroiditis
- ** retinitis
- ** retinochoroiditis
- Disseminated chorioretinal inflammation
- * Disseminated:
- ** chorioretinitis
- ** choroiditis
- ** retinitis
- ** retinochoroiditis
- Posterior cyclitis
- * Pars planitis
- Other chorioretinal inflammations
- * Harada's disease
- Chorioretinal inflammation, unspecified
- * Chorioretinitis
- * Choroiditis
- * Retinitis
- * Retinochoroiditis
H31 Other disorders of choroid
- Chorioretinal scars
- * Macula scars of posterior pole
- * Solar retinopathy
- Choroidal degeneration
- * Atrophy
- * Sclerosis
- ** Excludes: angioid streaks
- Hereditary choroidal dystrophy
- * Choroideremia
- * Dystrophy, choroidal
- * Gyrate atrophy, choroid
- ** Excludes: ornithinaemia
- Choroidal haemorrhage and rupture
- * Choroidal haemorrhage:
- ** NOS
- ** expulsive
- Choroidal detachment
- Other specified disorders of choroid
- Disorder of choroid, unspecified
H32 Chorioretinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
- Chorioretinal inflammation in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
- * Chorioretinitis:
- ** syphilitic, late
- ** toxoplasma
- ** tuberculosis
- Other chorioretinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
H33 Retinal detachments and breaks
- Retinal detachment with retinal break
- * Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
- Retinoschisis and retinal cysts — the retina separates into several layers and may detach
- * Cyst of ora serrata
- * Parasitic cyst of retina NOS
- * Pseudocyst of retina
- ** Excludes: congenital retinoschisis
- *** microcystoid degeneration of retina
- Serous retinal detachment
- * Retinal detachment:
- ** NOS
- ** without retinal break
- *** Excludes: central serous chorioretinopathy
- Retinal breaks without detachment
- * Horseshoe tear of retina, without detachment
- * Round hole of retina, without detachment
- * Operculum
- * Retinal break NOS
- ** Excludes: chorioretinal scars after surgery for detachment
- ** peripheral retinal degeneration without break
- Traction detachment of retina
- * Proliferative vitreo-retinopathy with retinal detachment
- Other retinal detachments
H34 Retinal vascular occlusions
H35 Other retinal disorders
- Hypertensive retinopathy – burst blood vessels, due to long-term high blood pressure
- * Diabetic retinopathy – damage to the retina caused by complications of diabetes mellitus, which could eventually lead to blindness
- Retinopathy – general term referring to non-inflammatory damage to the retina
- Retinopathy of prematurity – scarring and retinal detachment in premature babies
- Age-related macular degeneration – the photosensitive cells in the macula malfunction and over time cease to work
- Macular degeneration – loss of central vision, due to macular degeneration
- * Bull's Eye Maculopathy
- Epiretinal membrane – a transparent layer forms and tightens over the retina
- Peripheral retinal degeneration
- Hereditary retinal dystrophy
- Retinitis pigmentosa – genetic disorder; tunnel vision preceded by night-blindness
- Retinal haemorrhage
- Separation of retinal layers
- * Central serous retinopathy
- * Retinal detachment: Detachment of retinal pigment epithelium
- Other specified retinal disorders
- Macular edema – distorted central vision, due to a swollen macula
- Retinal disorder, unspecified
H36 Retinal disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
- Diabetic retinopathy
H40–H42 Glaucoma
- * Primary open-angle glaucoma
- * Primary angle-closure glaucoma
- * Primary Normal tension glaucoma
H43–H45 Disorders of vitreous body and globe
H43 Disorders of vitreous body
- Vitreous prolapse
- * Excludes: vitreous syndrome following cataract surgery
- Vitreous haemorrhage
- Crystalline deposits in vitreous body
- Other vitreous opacities
- * Vitreous membranes and strands
- Other disorders of vitreous body
- * Vitreous:
- ** degeneration
- ** detachment
- ** Excludes: proliferative vitreo-retinopathy with retinal detachment
- Disorder of vitreous body, unspecified
H44 Disorders of globe
- Purulent endophthalmitis
- * Panophthalmitis
- * Vitreous abscess
- Other endophthalmitis
- * Parasitic endophthalmitis NOS
- * Sympathetic uveitis
- Degenerative myopia
- Other degenerative disorders of globe
- * Chalcosis
- * Siderosis of eye
- Hypotony of eye
- Degenerated conditions of globe
- * Absolute glaucoma
- * Atrophy of globe
- * Phthisis bulbi
- Retained intraocular foreign body, magnetic
- * Retained magnetic foreign body :
- ** anterior chamber
- ** ciliary body
- ** iris
- ** lens
- ** posterior wall of globe
- ** vitreous body
- Retained intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic
- * Retained foreign body :
- ** anterior chamber
- ** ciliary body
- ** iris
- ** lens
- ** posterior wall of globe
- ** vitreous body
- Other disorders of globe
- * Haemophthalmos
- * Luxation of globe
- Disorder of globe, unspecified
H45 Disorders of vitreous body and globe in diseases classified elsewhere
- Vitreous haemorrhage in diseases classified elsewhere
- Endophthalmitis in diseases classified elsewhere
- * Endophthalmitis in:
- ** cysticercosis
- ** onchocerciasis
- ** toxocariasis
- Other disorders of vitreous body and globe in diseases classified elsewhere
H46–H48 Disorders of optic nerve and visual pathways
- Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy – genetic disorder; loss of central vision,.
- Optic disc drusen – globules progressively calcify in the optic disc, compressing the vascularization and optic nerve fibers
H49–H52 Disorders of ocular muscles, binocular movement, accommodation and refraction
- Strabismus – the eyes do not point in the same direction
- * Ophthalmoparesis – the partial or total paralysis of the eye muscles
- * Progressive external ophthalmoplegia – weakness of the external eye muscles
- * Esotropia – the tendency for eyes to become cross-eyed
- * Exotropia – the tendency for eyes to look outward
- H52 Disorders of refraction and accommodation
- * Hypermetropia – the inability to focus on near objects
- * Myopia – distant objects appear blurred
- * Astigmatism – the cornea or the lens of the eye is not perfectly spherical, resulting in different focal points in different planes
- * Anisometropia – the lenses of the two eyes have different focal lengths
- * Presbyopia – a condition that occurs with growing age and results in the inability to focus on close objects
- * Disorders of accommodation
- ** Internal ophthalmoplegia
H53–H54.9 Visual disturbances and blindness
- Amblyopia – poor or blurry vision due to either no transmission or poor transmission of the visual image to the brain
- Leber's congenital amaurosis – genetic disorder; appears at birth, characterised by sluggish or no pupillary responses
- Scotoma – an area impairment of vision surrounded by a field of relatively well-preserved vision. See also Anopsia.
- Color blindness – the inability to perceive differences between some or all colors that other people can distinguish
- * Achromatopsia / Maskun – a low cone count or lack of function in cone cells
- Nyctalopia – a condition making it difficult or impossible to see in the dark
- Blindness – the brain does not receive optical information, through various causes
- * River blindness – blindness caused by long-term infection by a parasitic worm
- * Micropthalmia/coloboma – a disconnection between the optic nerve and the brain and/or spinal cord