Unspecified lagophthalmos left 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 Unspecified lagophthalmos left 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.

Lesion > eyelid
Lesion > canthus
Disease, diseased > eyelid
Disorder > eyelid > function > lagophthalmos
Lagophthalmos > left > lower

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H02.201	Unspecified lagophthalmos right upper eyelid	Valid
H02.202	Unspecified lagophthalmos right lower eyelid	Valid
H02.203	Unspecified lagophthalmos right eye, unspecified eyelid	Valid
H02.204	Unspecified lagophthalmos left upper eyelid	Valid
H02.206	Unspecified lagophthalmos left eye, unspecified eyelid	Valid
H02.209	Unspecified lagophthalmos unspecified eye, unspecified eyelid	Valid
H02.20A	Unspecified lagophthalmos right eye, upper and lower eyelids	Valid
H02.20B	Unspecified lagophthalmos left eye, upper and lower eyelids	Valid
H02.20C	Unspecified lagophthalmos, bilateral, upper and lower eyelids	Valid