ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H00-H05 › H04.57 Stenosis of lacrimal sac › H04.573
Stenosis of bilateral lacrimal sac
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 Stenosis of bilateral lacrimal sac
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.
- Dacryostenosis
- Punctum lacrimale occlusion
- Cicatrix > lacrimal passages
- Stricture > lacrimal passages
- Occlusion, occluded > lacrimal passages
- Occlusion, occluded > punctum lacrimale
- Disorder > lacrimal system > obstruction
- Insufficiency, insufficient > lacrimal > passages
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > lacrimonasal duct
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > nasolacrimal duct
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > lacrimal > by > stenosis
- Stenosis, stenotic > lacrimal > sac
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H04.571 | Stenosis of right lacrimal sac | Valid |
| H04.572 | Stenosis of left lacrimal sac | Valid |
| H04.579 | Stenosis of unspecified lacrimal sac | Valid |