Paralytic lagophthalmos unspecified eye, unspecified 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 Paralytic lagophthalmos unspecified eye, unspecified 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 > paralytic

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H02.231	Paralytic lagophthalmos right upper eyelid	Valid
H02.232	Paralytic lagophthalmos right lower eyelid	Valid
H02.233	Paralytic lagophthalmos right eye, unspecified eyelid	Valid
H02.234	Paralytic lagophthalmos left upper eyelid	Valid
H02.235	Paralytic lagophthalmos left lower eyelid	Valid
H02.236	Paralytic lagophthalmos left eye, unspecified eyelid	Valid
H02.23A	Paralytic lagophthalmos right eye, upper and lower eyelids	Valid
H02.23B	Paralytic lagophthalmos left eye, upper and lower eyelids	Valid
H02.23C	Paralytic lagophthalmos, bilateral, upper and lower eyelids	Valid