H02.234
Paralytic lagophthalmos left upper eyelid
Billable 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 1
Alongside this code 9 same parent — H02.23
H02.231 Paralytic lagophthalmos right upper eyelid H02.232 Paralytic lagophthalmos right lower eyelid H02.233 Paralytic lagophthalmos right eye, unspecified eyelid H02.235 Paralytic lagophthalmos left lower eyelid H02.236 Paralytic lagophthalmos left eye, unspecified eyelid H02.239 Paralytic lagophthalmos unspecified eye, unspecified eyelid H02.23A Paralytic lagophthalmos right eye, upper and lower eyelids H02.23B Paralytic lagophthalmos left eye, upper and lower eyelids H02.23C Paralytic lagophthalmos, bilateral, upper and lower eyelids
Additional references
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