Periostitis of orbit

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:

H05.031 Periostitis of right orbit
H05.032 Periostitis of left orbit
H05.033 Periostitis of bilateral orbits
H05.039 Periostitis of unspecified orbit

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Periostitis of 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.

Cyst > ganglion
Abscess > serous
Ganglion > periosteal
Disorder > orbit > inflammation
Infection, infected, infective > periorbital
Infection, infected, infective > orbit, orbital
Congestion, congestive > orbit, orbital > inflammatory
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > orbit > acute > periostitis
Periostitis > orbit

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H05.00	Unspecified acute inflammation of orbit	Valid
H05.01	Cellulitis of orbit	Not billable
H05.02	Osteomyelitis of orbit	Not billable
H05.04	Tenonitis of orbit	Not billable