H02.881
Meibomian gland dysfunction right 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 8 same parent — H02.88
H02.882 Meibomian gland dysfunction right lower eyelid H02.883 Meibomian gland dysfunction of right eye, unspecified eyelid H02.884 Meibomian gland dysfunction left upper eyelid H02.885 Meibomian gland dysfunction left lower eyelid H02.886 Meibomian gland dysfunction of left eye, unspecified eyelid H02.889 Meibomian gland dysfunction of unsp, unspecified eyelid H02.88A Meibomian gland dysfnct right eye, upper and lower eyelids H02.88B Meibomian gland dysfnct left eye, upper and lower eyelids
Additional references
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