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H02.73

Vitiligo 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:

  • H02.731 Vitiligo of right upper eyelid and periocular area
  • H02.732 Vitiligo of right lower eyelid and periocular area
  • H02.733 Vitiligo of right eye, unspecified eyelid and periocular area
  • H02.734 Vitiligo of left upper eyelid and periocular area
  • H02.735 Vitiligo of left lower eyelid and periocular area
  • H02.736 Vitiligo of left eye, unspecified eyelid and periocular area
  • H02.739 Vitiligo 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 Vitiligo 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-)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H02.70 Unspecified degenerative disorders of eyelid and periocular area Valid
H02.71 Chloasma of eyelid and periocular area Not billable
H02.72 Madarosis of eyelid and periocular area Not billable
H02.79 Other degenerative disorders of eyelid and periocular area Valid