Q10.6
Other congenital malformations of lacrimal apparatus
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 9 never code together
Q10-Q18block
Excludes2
- cleft lip and cleft palate (Q35-Q37)Q35-Q37
- congenital malformation of cervical spine (Q05.0, Q05.5, Q67.5, Q76.0-Q76.4)Q05.0Q05.5Q67.5Q76.0-Q76.4
- congenital malformation of larynx (Q31.-)Q31.-
- congenital malformation of lip NEC (Q38.0)Q38.0
- congenital malformation of nose (Q30.-)Q30.-
- congenital malformation of parathyroid gland (Q89.2)Q89.2
- congenital malformation of thyroid gland (Q89.2)Q89.2
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
Q10.6code
Inclusion terms
- Congenital malformation of lacrimal apparatus NOS
Index entries leading here 7
- Accessory (congenital)
- lacrimal canal Q10.6
- Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) Q89.9
- Deformity Q89.9
- Displacement, displaced
- Deficiency, deficient
- lacrimal fluid (acquired) — see also Syndrome, dry eye
- congenital Q10.6
- lacrimal fluid (acquired) — see also Syndrome, dry eye
- Malformation (congenital) — see also Anomaly
- lacrimal apparatus Q10.6
- Supernumerary (congenital)
- lacrimonasal duct Q10.6
Alongside this code 7 same parent — Q10
Medications 1
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