Hordeolum externum unspecified eye, unspecified eyelid

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Hordeolum externum unspecified eye, unspecified 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-)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Sty, stye
Meibomitis
Cyst > gland of Moll
Cyst > skin > eyelid
Meibomian > sty, stye
Cyst > eyelid > infected
Disorder > eyelid > cyst
Abscess > meibomian gland
Cyst > sebaceous > eyelid
Meibomian > cyst, infected
Cyst > meibomian > infected
Steatoma > eyelid > infected
Infiltrate, infiltration > eyelid
Infection, infected, infective > eyelid
Infection, infected, infective > Zeis' gland
Infection, infected, infective > meibomian cyst or gland
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > eyelid > hordeolum
Hordeolum

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H00.011	Hordeolum externum right upper eyelid	Valid
H00.012	Hordeolum externum right lower eyelid	Valid
H00.013	Hordeolum externum right eye, unspecified eyelid	Valid
H00.014	Hordeolum externum left upper eyelid	Valid
H00.015	Hordeolum externum left lower eyelid	Valid
H00.016	Hordeolum externum left eye, unspecified eyelid	Valid