H00.024
Hordeolum internum left upper eyelid
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 13 never code together
H00-H05block
H00-H59chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)E09.3-E10.3-E11.3-E13.3-
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)S05.-
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
- syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)A50.01A50.3-A51.43A52.71
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 1
H00-H59chapter
Notes
- Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 6 same parent — H00.02
H00.021 Hordeolum internum right upper eyelid H00.022 Hordeolum internum right lower eyelid H00.023 Hordeolum internum right eye, unspecified eyelid H00.025 Hordeolum internum left lower eyelid H00.026 Hordeolum internum left eye, unspecified eyelid H00.029 Hordeolum internum unspecified eye, unspecified eyelid
Additional references
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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.