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Category · FY2027

Q10 Congenital malformations of eyelid, lacrimal apparatus and orbit

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Q10 is not billable. The category heads 8 billable codes in FY2027: the 8 codes directly below it.

Index → code

  • Ablepharia, ablepharon → Q10.3
  • Epiblepharon (congenital) → Q10.3
  • Narrowness, abnormal, eyelid → Q10.3

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 17 Congenital malformations, deformations, chromosomal abnormalities, and genetic disorders (Q00-QA1)
  2. Q10-Q18 Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck (Q10-Q18)
  3. Q10 Congenital malformations of eyelid, lacrimal apparatus and orbit
Billable codes
8
Subdivisions
8
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
76

Codes in Q10

  1. Q10.0
    Congenital ptosis
    BillableExempt
  2. Q10.1
    Congenital ectropion
    BillableExempt
  3. Q10.2
    Congenital entropion
    BillableExempt
  4. Q10.3
    Other congenital malformations of eyelid
    BillableExempt
    Inclusion terms 8

    Inclusion terms

    • Ablepharon
    • Blepharophimosis, congenital
    • Coloboma of eyelid
    • Congenital absence or agenesis of cilia
    • Congenital absence or agenesis of eyelid
    • Congenital accessory eyelid
    • Congenital accessory eye muscle
    • Congenital malformation of eyelid NOS
  5. Q10.4
    Absence and agenesis of lacrimal apparatus
    BillableExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Congenital absence of punctum lacrimale
  6. Q10.5
    Congenital stenosis and stricture of lacrimal duct
    BillableExempt
  7. Q10.6
    Other congenital malformations of lacrimal apparatus
    BillableExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Congenital malformation of lacrimal apparatus NOS
  8. Q10.7
    Congenital malformation of orbit
    BillableExempt

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At Q10

Excludes1

  • cryptophthalmos NOS (Q11.2) Q11.2
  • cryptophthalmos syndrome (Q87.0) Q87.0

Notes that also apply

Block Q10-Q18 instructions (Excludes2 7): printed on the block page.

Chapter 17 instructions (Notes 1, Excludes2 1): printed on the chapter 17 page.

Index entries

  • Ablepharia, ablepharon → Q10.3
  • Epiblepharon (congenital) → Q10.3
  • Epicanthus, epicanthic fold (eyelid) (congenital) → Q10.3
  • Narrowness, abnormal, eyelid → Q10.3
  • Blepharochalasiscongenital → Q10.0
  • Blepharoptosiscongenital → Q10.0
  • Ptosiscongenital (eyelid) → Q10.0
  • Ectropioncongenital → Q10.1
  • Entropion (eyelid) (paralytic)congenital → Q10.2
  • Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)cilia (congenital) → Q10.3
  • Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)eyelid (fold) (congenital) → Q10.3
  • Accessory (congenital)eye muscle → Q10.3
  • Accessory (congenital)eyelid → Q10.3
  • Agenesiscilia → Q10.3
  • Agenesiseyelid (fold) → Q10.3
  • Ankyloblepharon (eyelid) (acquired)filiforme (adnatum) (congenital) → Q10.3
  • Ankyloblepharon (eyelid) (acquired)total → Q10.3
  • Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type)canthus → Q10.3
  • Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type)cilia → Q10.3
  • Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type)eyelid → Q10.3
  • Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type)lid (fold) → Q10.3
  • Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type)narrowness, eyelid → Q10.3
  • Atrophy, atrophic (of)tarso-orbital fascia, congenital → Q10.3
  • Blepharophimosis (eyelid)congenital → Q10.3
  • Coloboma (iris)eyelid → Q10.3
  • Deformityocular muscle (congenital) → Q10.3
  • Fold, folds (anomalous)epicanthic → Q10.3
  • Hypoplasia, hypoplasticeyelid (congenital) → Q10.3
  • Insufficiency, insufficienttarso-orbital fascia, congenital → Q10.3
  • Symblepharoncongenital → Q10.3
  • Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)canaliculus lacrimalis, congenital → Q10.4
  • Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)punctum lacrimale (congenital) → Q10.4
  • Agenesiscanaliculus lacrimalis → Q10.4
  • Agenesislacrimal apparatus → Q10.4
  • Agenesispunctum lacrimale → Q10.4
  • Atresia, atreticlacrimal apparatus → Q10.4
  • Dacryostenosiscongenital → Q10.5
  • Accessory (congenital)lacrimal canal → Q10.6
  • Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type)caruncle, lacrimal → Q10.6
  • Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type)lacrimal apparatus or duct → Q10.6

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