ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H00-H05 › H02.2 Lagophthalmos › H02.22

H02.22

Mechanical lagophthalmos

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 10 more specific codes instead:

  • H02.221 Mechanical lagophthalmos right upper eyelid
  • H02.222 Mechanical lagophthalmos right lower eyelid
  • H02.223 Mechanical lagophthalmos right eye, unspecified eyelid
  • H02.224 Mechanical lagophthalmos left upper eyelid
  • H02.225 Mechanical lagophthalmos left lower eyelid
  • H02.226 Mechanical lagophthalmos left eye, unspecified eyelid
  • H02.229 Mechanical lagophthalmos unspecified eye, unspecified eyelid
  • H02.22A Mechanical lagophthalmos right eye, upper and lower eyelids
  • H02.22B Mechanical lagophthalmos left eye, upper and lower eyelids
  • H02.22C Mechanical lagophthalmos, bilateral, upper and lower eyelids

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Mechanical lagophthalmos

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-)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H02.20 Unspecified lagophthalmos Not billable
H02.21 Cicatricial lagophthalmos Not billable
H02.23 Paralytic lagophthalmos Not billable