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H02.71

Chloasma of eyelid and periocular area

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 7 more specific codes instead:

  • H02.711 Chloasma of right upper eyelid and periocular area
  • H02.712 Chloasma of right lower eyelid and periocular area
  • H02.713 Chloasma of right eye, unspecified eyelid and periocular area
  • H02.714 Chloasma of left upper eyelid and periocular area
  • H02.715 Chloasma of left lower eyelid and periocular area
  • H02.716 Chloasma of left eye, unspecified eyelid and periocular area
  • H02.719 Chloasma of unspecified eye, unspecified eyelid and periocular area

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 Chloasma of eyelid and periocular area

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H02.70 Unspecified degenerative disorders of eyelid and periocular area Valid
H02.72 Madarosis of eyelid and periocular area Not billable
H02.73 Vitiligo of eyelid and periocular area Not billable
H02.79 Other degenerative disorders of eyelid and periocular area Valid