H00.02
H00.02 — Hordeolum internum
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H00.02 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for hordeolum internum. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Infection of meibomian gland
Risk adjustment
H00.02 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead H00.02
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- H00.021Hordeolum internum right upper eyelid
- H00.022Hordeolum internum right lower eyelid
- H00.023Hordeolum internum right eye, unspecified eyelid
- H00.024Hordeolum internum left upper eyelid
- H00.025Hordeolum internum left lower eyelid
- H00.026Hordeolum internum left eye, unspecified eyelid
- H00.029Hordeolum internum unspecified eye, unspecified eyelid
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H00.0. If H00.02 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about H00.02
- Is H00.02 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. H00.02 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does H00.02 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Disorders of eyelid, lacrimal system and orbit (H00-H05).