H00.03
Abscess of eyelid
Not billable — category only 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 2
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 2 same parent — H00.0
Subordinate codes 7
H00.031 Abscess of right upper eyelid H00.032 Abscess of right lower eyelid H00.033 Abscess of eyelid right eye, unspecified eyelid H00.034 Abscess of left upper eyelid H00.035 Abscess of left lower eyelid H00.036 Abscess of eyelid left eye, unspecified eyelid H00.039 Abscess of eyelid unspecified eye, unspecified eyelid
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