Cellulitis of unspecified orbit

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 Cellulitis of unspecified orbit

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 H05 Disorders of orbit

Excludes1 - never coded here

congenital malformation of orbit (Q10.7)

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.

Pericellulitis
Abscess > retrobulbar
Boil > orbit, orbital
Abscess > intraorbital
Abscess > orbit, orbital
Furuncle > orbit, orbital
Carbuncle > orbit, orbital
Disorder > orbit > inflammation
Lymphangitis > acute > orbit, orbital
Infection, infected, infective > periorbital
Infection, infected, infective > orbit, orbital
Infection, infected, infective > with > lymphangitis
Congestion, congestive > orbit, orbital > inflammatory
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > lymphatic vessel
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > orbit > acute > abscess
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > orbit > acute > cellulitis
Cellulitis > orbit, orbital

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H05.011	Cellulitis of right orbit	Valid
H05.012	Cellulitis of left orbit	Valid
H05.013	Cellulitis of bilateral orbits	Valid