Spasm of accommodation, unspecified eye

This code signifies an involuntary, sustained contraction of the ciliary muscle, leading to a temporary increase in the eye's focusing power. This spasm results in blurred distance vision and can cause eye strain or headaches. It represents a functional disorder of accommodation without a specified laterality.

Use this code when documentation indicates a diagnosis of accommodative spasm without specifying whether it affects the right or left eye. This typically occurs when the patient presents with symptoms like intermittent blurred vision, asthenopia, or frontal headaches, and an ophthalmologist or optometrist confirms the ciliary muscle spasm.

• Ensure the documentation explicitly states "spasm of accommodation" and does not specify a particular eye.
• Differentiate from other accommodative disorders like accommodative insufficiency (H52.51) or paralysis of accommodation (H52.52).
• If laterality is documented (e.g., right eye, left eye, or bilateral), use the more specific codes H52.531, H52.532, or H52.533 respectively.