2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Q10.3

Approximate Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

• Ablepharon
• Ablepharon
• Ablepharon
• Ablepharon macrostomia syndrome
• Ablepharon of bilateral eyelids
• Abnormal retraction of bilateral eyelids
• Abnormal retraction of left eyelid
• Abnormal retraction of right eyelid
• Absence of meibomian glands
• Accessory eyelid
• Accessory skeletal muscle
• Accessory skeletal muscle
• Agenesis of cilia of eyelid
• Anal atresia
• Anal atresia
• Ankyloblepharon
• Ankyloblepharon
• Ankyloblepharon
• Ankyloblepharon
• Ankyloblepharon
• Ankyloblepharon filiforme adnatum
• Ankyloblepharon filiforme adnatum
• Ankyloblepharon filiforme adnatum
• Ankyloblepharon filiforme adnatum with cleft palate syndrome
• Ankyloblepharon filiforme adnatum with imperforate anus syndrome
• Atrioventricular septal defect, blepharophimosis, radial and anal defect syndrome
• Bilateral coloboma of eyelid
• Bilateral congenital blepharophimosis of eyelids
• Bilateral congenital distichiasis
• Bilateral congenital symblepharon
• Bilateral epiblepharon
• Bilateral euryblepharon
• Bilateral symblepharon of eyes
• Blepharophimosis epicanthus inversus ptosis syndrome
• Blepharophimosis epicanthus inversus ptosis syndrome plus
• Blepharophimosis, intellectual disability syndrome
• Blepharophimosis, intellectual disability syndrome
• Blepharophimosis, intellectual disability syndrome
• Blepharophimosis, intellectual disability syndrome, Verloes type
• Blepharophimosis, ptosis, esotropia, syndactyly, short stature syndrome
• Broad epicanthus
• Chorioretinal atrophy
• Coloboma of eyelid
• Coloboma of eyelid
• Coloboma of inferior eyelid
• Coloboma of superior eyelid
• Complete ablepharon
• Congenital abnormal retraction of bilateral eyelids
• Congenital abnormal retraction of eyelid
• Congenital abnormal shape of tarsal bone
• Congenital absence of eyelash
• Congenital absence of eyelash
• Congenital ankyloblepharon
• Congenital ankyloblepharon
• Congenital ankyloblepharon
• Congenital ankyloblepharon
• Congenital anomalies of eyelid, lacrimal system and orbit
• Congenital anomaly of eyelid
• Congenital anomaly of left eyelid
• Congenital anomaly of right eyelid
• Congenital blepharophimosis
• Congenital blepharophimosis
• Congenital blepharophimosis
• Congenital blepharophimosis
• Congenital blepharophimosis
• Congenital blepharophimosis
• Congenital blepharophimosis
• Congenital blepharophimosis
• Congenital cleft nose
• Congenital coloboma of left eyelid
• Congenital coloboma of right eyelid
• Congenital distichiasis
• Congenital distichiasis of left eyelid
• Congenital distichiasis of right eyelid
• Congenital epiblepharon-inferior oblique syndrome
• Congenital hypoplasia of nose
• Congenital macrostomia
• Congenital malposition of eyelid
• Congenital pes cavus
• Congenital scleral show
• Congenital tarsal kink
• Congenital vascular anomaly of eyelid
• Congenital vascular anomaly of lower eyelid
• Congenital vascular anomaly of upper eyelid
• Curly hair, ankyloblepharon, nail dysplasia syndrome
• Deletion of part of long arm of chromosome 3
• Distichiasis
• Dystopia canthorum
• Ectopic cilia of eyelid
• Epiblepharon
• Epiblepharon of left eye
• Epiblepharon of right eye
• Epicanthus finding
• Epicanthus finding
• Epicanthus finding
• Epicanthus finding
• Epicanthus finding
• Epicanthus finding
• Epicanthus inversus
• Epicanthus inversus
• Epicanthus inversus
• Epicanthus palpebralis
• Epicanthus tarsalis
• Euryblepharon
• Eyelid malposition
• Familial isolated trichomegaly
• Hypertelorism
• Hypertelorism
• Hypoplasia and coloboma of alar cartilage with telecanthus syndrome
• Hypoplasia of eyelid
• Intellectual disability, congenital heart disease, blepharophimosis, blepharoptosis and hypoplastic teeth
• Isolated distichiasis
• Longitudinal deficiency of tarsal bone
• Macropalpebral fissure
• Mandibulofacial dysostosis, macroblepharon, macrostomia syndrome
• Microblepharia
• Microcornea
• Microcornea, myopic chorioretinal atrophy, telecanthus syndrome
• Microphthalmia with ankyloblepharon and intellectual disability syndrome
• Multiple supernumerary eye muscles
• Nasopalpebral lipoma coloboma syndrome
• Partial ablepharon
• Partial ablepharon
• Scleral show
• Short tarsus with absence of lower eyelashes syndrome
• Sphenoidal dysostosis
• STAR syndrome
• Supernumerary eye muscle
• Symblepharon
• Symblepharon of left eye
• Symblepharon of right eye
• Telecanthus
• Telecanthus
• Telecanthus
• Telecanthus, hypertelorism, strabismus, pes cavus syndrome
• X-linked recessive intellectual disability and macrocephaly with ciliary dysfunction syndrome

Clinical Information

• Hypertelorism

  abnormal increase in the interorbital distance due to overdevelopment of the lesser wings of the sphenoid.

• Microcornea

  a congenital abnormality characterized by an abnormally small cornea. the horizontal corneal diameter is less than 10mm or less than 9mm in newborns. it is associated with an increased risk of glaucoma.

Q10.3 is grouped with Diagnostic Related Groups - MS-DRG Mapping

Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a classification system used to group together diagnosis codes for the purpose of reimbursement and healthcare management. DRGs are used to standardize the way hospitals and other providers are paid for inpatient services. In this system patients are grouped together based on their principal diagnosis in areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). Once a patient is assigned a particular diagnostic category, providers receive a predetermined payment rate for the services rendered. This reimbursement rate is often fixed and is meant to cover the cost of care for that patient. Reimbursement is also affected by the relative weight of a diagnostic related group based on the severity of a patient's illness and the associated cost of care during hospitalization.

Diagnostic related groups encourage healthcare providers to focus on quality and efficiency in patient care while managing costs effectively. The diagnosis code is present in the following groups for version MS-DRG V41.0 applicable from 10/01/2023 through 09/30/2024.

The relative weight of a diagnostic related group determines the reimbursement rate based on the severity of a patient's illness and the associated cost of care during hospitalization.

Present on Admission (POA)

Q10.3 is exempt from POA reporting - The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement. Review other POA exempt codes here.

CMS POA Indicator Options and Definitions

Convert Q10.3 to ICD-9-CM

• ICD-9-CM Code: 743.62 - Congenital eyelid deform
  Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.
• ICD-9-CM Code: 743.63 - Spec anom of eyelid NEC
  Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.
• ICD-9-CM Code: 743.69 - Anom eyelid/lacr/orb NEC
  Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.

Patient Education

Eyelid Disorders

Your eyelids help protect your eyes. When you blink, your eyelids spread moisture over your eyes. Blinking also helps move dirt or other particles off the surface of the eye. You close your eyelids when you see something coming toward your eyes. This can help protect against injuries.

Like most other parts of your body, your eyelids can get infected, inflamed, or even develop cancer. There are also specific eyelid problems, including:

• Eyelids that turn in or out
• Eyelids that droop
• Abnormal blinking or twitching

Treatment of eyelid problems depends on the cause.

Code History

• FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
• FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
• FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
• FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
• FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
• FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
• FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
• FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
• FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.