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.
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.
- 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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H02.20 | Unspecified lagophthalmos | Not billable |
| H02.21 | Cicatricial lagophthalmos | Not billable |
| H02.23 | Paralytic lagophthalmos | Not billable |