ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H00-H05 › H05.3 Deformity of orbit › H05.32

H05.32

Deformity of orbit due to bone disease

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:

  • H05.321 Deformity of right orbit due to bone disease
  • H05.322 Deformity of left orbit due to bone disease
  • H05.323 Deformity of bilateral orbits due to bone disease
  • H05.329 Deformity of unspecified orbit due to bone disease

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 Deformity of orbit due to bone disease

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H05.30 Unspecified deformity of orbit Valid
H05.31 Atrophy of orbit Not billable
H05.33 Deformity of orbit due to trauma or surgery Not billable
H05.34 Enlargement of orbit Not billable
H05.35 Exostosis of orbit Not billable