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H04.30

Unspecified dacryocystitis

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 4 more specific codes instead:

  • H04.301 Unspecified dacryocystitis of right lacrimal passage
  • H04.302 Unspecified dacryocystitis of left lacrimal passage
  • H04.303 Unspecified dacryocystitis of bilateral lacrimal passages
  • H04.309 Unspecified dacryocystitis of unspecified lacrimal passage

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 Unspecified dacryocystitis

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H04.31 Phlegmonous dacryocystitis Not billable
H04.32 Acute dacryocystitis Not billable
H04.33 Acute lacrimal canaliculitis Not billable