ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H00-H05 › H02.4 Ptosis of eyelid › H02.43
Paralytic ptosis of eyelid
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 4 more specific codes instead:
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 Paralytic ptosis of 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.
- Ptosis
- Lesion > eyelid
- Ptosis > eyelid
- Lesion > canthus
- Ptosis > adiposa
- Disease, diseased > eyelid
- Disorder > eyelid > function > blepharoptosis
- Paralysis, paralytic > levator palpebrae superioris
- Blepharoptosis > paralytic
- Blepharoptosis > neurogenic
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H02.40 | Unspecified ptosis of eyelid | Not billable |
| H02.41 | Mechanical ptosis of eyelid | Not billable |
| H02.42 | Myogenic ptosis of eyelid | Not billable |