2026 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Q10.3Other congenital malformations of eyelid

ICD-10-CM Codes›Q00-Q99›Q10-Q18›Q10

ICD-10-CM Q10.3
CMSSource: CMS FY 2026 ICD-10-CM dataset · Effective Oct 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2026

Q10.3 is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other congenital malformations of eyelid. It is valid on HIPAA claims for fiscal year 2026 (October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026) and groups to MS-DRG 124 through 125. The code is exempt from POA reporting. In AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software (CCSR), this diagnosis falls under Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face, neck.

Code Identity

ICD-10-CM Code
Q10.3
Billable Status
Yes — Valid for Submission
Code Describes
Other congenital malformations of eyelid
Short Description
Other congenital malformations of eyelid
Same as the full description in the CMS dataset.
Parent Code
Q10
Congenital malformations of eyelid, lacrimal apparatus and orbit

Code Classification

ChapterQ00-Q99Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
SectionQ10-Q18Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck
CategoryQ10Congenital malformations of eyelid, lacrimal apparatus and orbit
This CodeQ10.3Other congenital malformations of eyelid

Present on Admission (POA)Billing

Q10.3 is exempt from POA reporting on inpatient claims to general acute care hospitals. Review other POA exempt codes.

Approximate SynonymsGuidance

Alternate terms and clinical phrases that map to this code.

  • 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 eyelashes
  • Absence of meibomian glands
  • Accessory eyelid
  • Accessory skeletal muscle
  • Agenesis of cilia of eyelid
  • Anal atresia
  • Ankyloblepharon
  • 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 broad epicanthi
  • Bilateral congenital blepharophimosis of eyelids
  • Bilateral congenital distichiasis
  • Bilateral congenital symblepharon
  • Bilateral epiblepharon
  • Bilateral epicanthal folds
  • 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, Verloes type
  • Blepharophimosis, intellectual disability syndrome/genitopatellar overlap syndrome
  • Blepharophimosis, ptosis, esotropia, syndactyly, short stature syndrome
  • Broad epicanthus
  • Broad epicanthus of left eye
  • Broad epicanthus of right eye
  • Chorioretinal atrophy
  • 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 ankyloblepharon
  • Congenital anomalies of eyelid, lacrimal system and orbit
  • Congenital blepharophimosis
  • Congenital blepharophimosis of left palpebral fissure
  • Congenital blepharophimosis of right palpebral fissure
  • Congenital cleft nose
  • Congenital coloboma of bilateral eyelids
  • 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 structural abnormality of bilateral eyelids
  • Congenital structural abnormality of eyelid
  • Congenital structural abnormality of left eyelid
  • Congenital structural abnormality of right eyelid
  • 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
  • Epicanthal fold
  • Epicanthal fold of left eye
  • Epicanthal fold of right eye
  • Epicanthus inversus
  • Epicanthus palpebralis
  • Epicanthus tarsalis
  • Euryblepharon
  • Eyelid malposition
  • Familial isolated trichomegaly
  • 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
  • Scleral show
  • Short tarsus with absence of lower eyelashes syndrome
  • SMARCA2-related blepharophimosis, intellectual disability syndrome
  • Sphenoidal dysostosis
  • STAR syndrome
  • Supernumerary eye muscle
  • Symblepharon
  • Symblepharon of left eye
  • Symblepharon of right eye
  • Telecanthus
  • Telecanthus, hypertelorism, strabismus, pes cavus syndrome
  • X-linked recessive intellectual disability and macrocephaly with ciliary dysfunction syndrome

Tabular List NotesGuidance

Coding notes and annotation back-references applicable to this code.

Inclusion Terms

  • Ablepharon
  • Blepharophimosis, congenital
  • Coloboma of eyelid
  • Congenital absence or agenesis of cilia
  • Congenital absence or agenesis of eyelid
  • Congenital accessory eyelid
  • Congenital accessory eye muscle
  • Congenital malformation of eyelid NOS

Index to Diseases and InjuriesGuidance

Alphabetical index entries that point to this code.

External Cause of Injuries IndexGuidance

References for this code in the External Cause of Injuries Index.

    • Ablepharia, ablepharon
    • Absence(of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)
      • cilia (congenital)
    • Absence(of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)
      • eye (acquired)
        • muscle (congenital)
    • Absence(of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)
      • eyelid (fold) (congenital)
    • Absence(of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)
      • muscle (congenital) (pectoral)
        • ocular
    • Accessory(congenital)
      • eye muscle
    • Accessory(congenital)
      • eyelid
    • Agenesis
      • cilia
    • Agenesis
      • eyelid (fold)
    • Agenesis
      • muscle
        • eyelid
    • Ankyloblepharon(eyelid) (acquired)
      • filiforme (adnatum) (congenital)
    • Ankyloblepharon(eyelid) (acquired)
      • total
    • Anomaly, anomalous(congenital) (unspecified type)
      • canthus
    • Anomaly, anomalous(congenital) (unspecified type)
      • cilia
    • Anomaly, anomalous(congenital) (unspecified type)
      • eyelid
    • Anomaly, anomalous(congenital) (unspecified type)
      • lid (fold)
    • Anomaly, anomalous(congenital) (unspecified type)
      • muscle
        • eyelid
    • Anomaly, anomalous(congenital) (unspecified type)
      • narrowness, eyelid
    • Atrophy, atrophic(of)
      • tarso-orbital fascia, congenital
    • Blepharophimosis(eyelid)
      • congenital
    • Coloboma(iris)
      • eyelid
    • Deformity
      • eyelid (acquired)
        • congenital
    • Deformity
      • lid (fold) (acquired)
        • congenital
    • Deformity
      • ocular muscle (congenital)
    • Epiblepharon(congenital)
    • Epicanthus, epicanthic fold(eyelid) (congenital)
    • Excess, excessive, excessively
      • skin
        • eyelid (acquired)
          • congenital
    • Fold, folds(anomalous)
      • epicanthic
    • Hypoplasia, hypoplastic
      • eyelid (congenital)
    • Imperfect
      • closure (congenital)
        • eyelid
    • Insufficiency, insufficient
      • tarso-orbital fascia, congenital
    • Malformation(congenital)
      • eye
        • lid
    • Narrowness, abnormal, eyelid
    • Symblepharon
      • congenital

Clinical ClassificationClinical

AHRQ’s CCSR groups this code into broader clinical categories.

CCSR MAL005
Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face, neck
Default principal diagnosis: inpatient Yes · outpatient Yes

Clinical InformationClinical

  • 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.

Patient EducationClinical

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Convert Q10.3 to ICD-9-CMHistory

The closest ICD-9-CM equivalents under the General Equivalence Mappings.

ICD-9-CM
743.62 Congenital eyelid deform
Approximate The match is approximate rather than exact.
ICD-9-CM
743.63 Spec anom of eyelid NEC
Approximate The match is approximate rather than exact.
ICD-9-CM
743.69 Anom eyelid/lacr/orb NEC
Approximate The match is approximate rather than exact.

Code HistoryHistory

FY 2016AddedAdded to the ICD-10-CM code setEffective October 1, 2015, the first year of ICD-10-CM.
FY 2017–2025No changes
FY 2026CurrentCurrent code set, no changesEffective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.

Questions About Q10.3Overview

Is Q10.3 a billable code?

Yes. This is a billable ICD-10-CM code, specific enough to report other congenital malformations of eyelid on HIPAA-covered claims from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.

What MS-DRG does Q10.3 group to?

When other congenital malformations of eyelid is the principal diagnosis on an inpatient stay, it groups to MS-DRG 124, 125, with relative weights from 0.7678 to 1.3231 depending on complications. Higher weights mean higher Medicare reimbursement.

Is Q10.3 exempt from POA reporting?

Yes. CMS lists this code among those exempt from present on admission reporting, so hospitals do not assign a POA indicator for other congenital malformations of eyelid on inpatient claims.

What is the ICD-9 equivalent of Q10.3?

Under the General Equivalence Mappings, other congenital malformations of eyelid converts to ICD-9-CM 743.62 (congenital eyelid deform), 743.63 (spec anom of eyelid NEC), and 743.69 (anom eyelid/lacr/orb NEC). The mapping is approximate, so confirm the match fits the documentation.

Footnotes

[1] Chronic - a chronic condition code indicates a condition lasting 12 months or longer and its effect on the patient based on one or both of the following criteria:

  • The condition results in the need for ongoing intervention with medical products,treatment, services, and special equipment
  • The condition places limitations on self-care, independent living, and social interactions.