Trichiasis without entropion right lower 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 Trichiasis without entropian right lower eyelid
FY2018 Description revised ~~Trichiasis without entropian right lower eyelid~~ Trichiasis without entropion right lower 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 H02 Other disorders of eyelid

Excludes1 - never coded here

congenital malformations of eyelid (Q10.0-Q10.3)

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.

Trichiasis > right > lower

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H02.051	Trichiasis without entropion right upper eyelid	Valid
H02.053	Trichiasis without entropion right eye, unspecified eyelid	Valid
H02.054	Trichiasis without entropion left upper eyelid	Valid
H02.055	Trichiasis without entropion left lower eyelid	Valid
H02.056	Trichiasis without entropion left eye, unspecified eyelid	Valid
H02.059	Trichiasis without entropion unspecified eye, unspecified eyelid	Valid