Mechanical 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 Mechanical 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 > mechanical > left > lower

Codes in the same group

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