ICD-10-CM › Q00-QA1 › Q10-Q18 › Q10 Congenital malformations of... › Q10.6
Other congenital malformations of lacrimal apparatus
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 Other congenital malformations of lacrimal apparatus
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 Q10 Congenital malformations of eyelid, lacrimal apparatus and orbit
Excludes1 - never coded here
- cryptophthalmos NOS (Q11.2)
- cryptophthalmos syndrome (Q87.0)
Inherited from the Q10-Q18 section Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck (Q10-Q18)
Excludes2 - not included here
- cleft lip and cleft palate (Q35-Q37)
- congenital malformation of cervical spine (Q05.0, Q05.5, Q67.5, Q76.0-Q76.4)
- congenital malformation of larynx (Q31.-)
- congenital malformation of lip NEC (Q38.0)
- congenital malformation of nose (Q30.-)
- congenital malformation of parathyroid gland (Q89.2)
- congenital malformation of thyroid gland (Q89.2)
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.
- Cleft
- Extra
- Fused
- Patent
- Trifid
- Triple
- Window
- Aplasia
- Deficit
- Aberrant
- Patulous
- Abnormity
- Asymmetry
- Dysplasia
- Additional
- Lobulation
- Nonclosure
- Nondescent
- Fold, folds
- Rudimentary
- Undescended
- Avitaminosis
- Malformation
- Triplication
- Reduplication
- Transposition
- Birth > defect
- Maldevelopment
- Hypovitaminosis
- Septum, septate
- Union, abnormal
- Imperfect > fusion
- Vestige, vestigial
- Vitamin deficiency
- Duplication, duplex
- Lesion > congenital
- Leukoencephalopathy
- Pervious, congenital
- Elongated, elongation
- Open, opening > false
Showing 40 of 122 index phrases.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q10.0 | Congenital ptosis | Valid |
| Q10.1 | Congenital ectropion | Valid |
| Q10.2 | Congenital entropion | Valid |
| Q10.3 | Other congenital malformations of eyelid | Valid |
| Q10.4 | Absence and agenesis of lacrimal apparatus | Valid |
| Q10.5 | Congenital stenosis and stricture of lacrimal duct | Valid |
| Q10.7 | Congenital malformation of orbit | Valid |