H02.83
Dermatochalasis of eyelid
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 8 same parent — H02.8
H02.81 Retained foreign body in eyelid category H02.82 Cysts of eyelid category H02.84 Edema of eyelid category H02.85 Elephantiasis of eyelid category H02.86 Hypertrichosis of eyelid category H02.87 Vascular anomalies of eyelid category H02.88 Meibomian gland dysfunction of eyelid category H02.89 Other specified disorders of eyelid
Subordinate codes 7
H02.831 Dermatochalasis of right upper eyelid H02.832 Dermatochalasis of right lower eyelid H02.833 Dermatochalasis of right eye, unspecified eyelid H02.834 Dermatochalasis of left upper eyelid H02.835 Dermatochalasis of left lower eyelid H02.836 Dermatochalasis of left eye, unspecified eyelid H02.839 Dermatochalasis of unspecified eye, unspecified eyelid
Additional references
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