Hordeolum (externum) (internum) of eyelid

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

H00.01 Hordeolum externum (also a header)
H00.02 Hordeolum internum (also a header)
H00.03 Abscess of eyelid (also a header)

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Hordeolum (externum) (internum) of eyelid

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from the H00-H05 section Disorders of eyelid, lacrimal system and orbit (H00-H05)

Excludes2 - not included here

open wound of eyelid (S01.1-)
superficial injury of eyelid (S00.1-, S00.2-)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H00.1	Chalazion	Not billable