Epiphora due to insufficient drainage, left side

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 Epiphora due to insufficient drainage, left side
FY2011 Draft description revised draft ~~Epiphora due to insufficient drainage, left side~~ Epiphora due to insufficient drainage, left lacrimal gland
FY2019 Description revised ~~Epiphora due to insufficient drainage, left lacrimal gland~~ Epiphora due to insufficient drainage, left side

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.

Overproduction
Lacrimation, abnormal
Hypersecretion > lacrimal glands
Excess, excessive, excessively > secretion
Epiphora > due to > insufficient drainage

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H04.221	Epiphora due to insufficient drainage, right side	Valid
H04.223	Epiphora due to insufficient drainage, bilateral	Valid
H04.229	Epiphora due to insufficient drainage, unspecified side	Valid