H04.4
Chronic inflammation of lacrimal passages
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 14 never code together
H04code
Excludes1
- congenital malformations of lacrimal system (Q10.4-Q10.6)Q10.4-Q10.6
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 — H04
H04.0 Dacryoadenitis category H04.1 Other disorders of lacrimal gland category H04.2 Epiphora category H04.3 Acute and unspecified inflammation of lacrimal passages category H04.5 Stenosis and insufficiency of lacrimal passages category H04.6 Other changes of lacrimal passages category H04.8 Other disorders of lacrimal system category H04.9 Disorder of lacrimal system, unspecified
Subordinate codes 3
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