ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H00-H05 › H04.1 Other disorders of lacrimal gland › H04.15

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 4 more specific codes instead:

• H04.151 Secondary lacrimal gland atrophy, right lacrimal gland
• H04.152 Secondary lacrimal gland atrophy, left lacrimal gland
• H04.153 Secondary lacrimal gland atrophy, bilateral lacrimal glands
• H04.159 Secondary lacrimal gland atrophy, unspecified lacrimal gland

What has happened to this code

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 H04 Disorders of lacrimal system

Excludes1 - never coded here

• congenital malformations of lacrimal system (Q10.4-Q10.6)

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.

• Disease, diseased > tear duct
• Sclerosis, sclerotic > choroid
• Disorder > choroid > degeneration
• Disease, diseased > lacrimal system
• Degeneration, degenerative > chorioretinal
• Disorder > lacrimal system > gland > atrophy
• Degeneration, degenerative > Bruch's membrane
• Atrophy, atrophic > lacrimal gland > secondary

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H04.11	Dacryops	Not billable
H04.12	Dry eye syndrome	Not billable
H04.13	Lacrimal cyst	Not billable
H04.14	Primary lacrimal gland atrophy	Not billable
H04.16	Lacrimal gland dislocation	Not billable
H04.19	Other specified disorders of lacrimal gland	Valid