2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H04.69
Other changes of lacrimal passages
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- H04.69
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Other changes of lacrimal passages
- Is Billable?
- Yes - Valid for Submission
- Chronic Condition Indicator: [1]
- Not chronic
- Code Navigator:
H04.69 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other changes of lacrimal passages. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Acquired displacement of punctum lacrimale
- Ciliated lacrimal caruncle
- Injection of caruncle of eye
- Lacrimal caruncle finding
- Lacrimal caruncle finding
- Lacrimal caruncle finding
- Lacrimal sac swollen
- Reactive lymphoid hyperplasia of lacrimal drainage system
- Scarring of caruncle of eye
- Scarring of lid
- Swollen lacrimal sac - solid
Clinical Classification
Clinical Category is Oculofacial plastics and orbital conditions
- CCSR Category Code: EYE008
- Inpatient Default CCSR: Y - Yes, default inpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.
- Outpatient Default CCSR: Y - Yes, default outpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.
Index to Diseases and Injuries References
The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).
- - Disorder (of) - See Also: Disease;
- - lacrimal system - H04.9
- - changes - H04.69
- - lacrimal system - H04.9
Convert H04.69 to ICD-9-CM
- ICD-9-CM Code: 375.69 - Lacrim passge change NEC
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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.
Footnotes
[1] Not chronic - A diagnosis code that does not fit the criteria for chronic condition (duration, ongoing medical treatment, and limitations) is considered not chronic. Some codes designated as not chronic are acute conditions. Other diagnosis codes that indicate a possible chronic condition, but for which the duration of the illness is not specified in the code description (i.e., we do not know the condition has lasted 12 months or longer) also are considered not chronic.