Brow ptosis

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, FY2019 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

H57.811 Brow ptosis, right
H57.812 Brow ptosis, left
H57.813 Brow ptosis, bilateral
H57.819 Brow ptosis, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2019 to now.

FY2019 Added to the code set Brow ptosis

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.

Ptosis > brow
Ptosis > eyebrow

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H57.89	Other specified disorders of eye and adnexa	Valid
H57.8A	Foreign body sensation eye (ocular)	Not billable