H02.21
Cicatricial lagophthalmos
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 14 never code together
H02code
Excludes1
- congenital malformations of eyelid (Q10.0-Q10.3)Q10.0-Q10.3
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
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
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 filed at null
No alphabetic index entry points at this code.
Alongside this code 3 same parent — H02.2
Subordinate codes 10
H02.211 Cicatricial lagophthalmos right upper eyelid H02.212 Cicatricial lagophthalmos right lower eyelid H02.213 Cicatricial lagophthalmos right eye, unspecified eyelid H02.214 Cicatricial lagophthalmos left upper eyelid H02.215 Cicatricial lagophthalmos left lower eyelid H02.216 Cicatricial lagophthalmos left eye, unspecified eyelid H02.219 Cicatricial lagophthalmos unsp eye, unspecified eyelid H02.21A Cicatricial lagophthalmos right eye, upper and lower eyelids H02.21B Cicatricial lagophthalmos left eye, upper and lower eyelids H02.21C Cicatricial lagophthalmos, bi, upper and lower eyelids
Additional references
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