H04.69 - Other changes of lacrimal passages
| ICD-10: | H04.69 |
| Short Description: | Other changes of lacrimal passages |
| Long Description: | Other changes of lacrimal passages |
| Status: | Valid for Submission |
| Version: | ICD-10-CM 2023 |
| Code Classification: |
H04.69 is a billable ICD-10 code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other changes of lacrimal passages. The code is valid during the fiscal year 2023 from October 01, 2022 through September 30, 2023 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
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
- Scar of face
- Scarring of caruncle of eye
- Scarring of lid
- Swollen lacrimal sac - solid
Index to Diseases and Injuries References
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index:
- - Disorder (of) - See Also: Disease;
- - lacrimal system - H04.9
- - changes - H04.69
- - lacrimal system - H04.9
Convert to ICD-9 Code
| Source ICD-10 Code | Target ICD-9 Code | |
|---|---|---|
| H04.69 | 375.69 - Lacrim passge change NEC |
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Code History
- 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 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
