Squamous blepharitis right 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 Squamous blepharitis right 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.

Infiltrate, infiltration > eyelid
Infection, infected, infective > eyelid
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > eyelid > blepharitis
Blepharitis > squamous > right

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H01.021	Squamous blepharitis right upper eyelid	Valid
H01.022	Squamous blepharitis right lower eyelid	Valid
H01.024	Squamous blepharitis left upper eyelid	Valid
H01.025	Squamous blepharitis left lower eyelid	Valid
H01.026	Squamous blepharitis left eye, unspecified eyelid	Valid
H01.029	Squamous blepharitis unspecified eye, unspecified eyelid	Valid
H01.02A	Squamous blepharitis right eye, upper and lower eyelids	Valid
H01.02B	Squamous blepharitis left eye, upper and lower eyelids	Valid