H00.03
H00.03 — Abscess of eyelid
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H00.03 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for abscess of eyelid. 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.
- Furuncle of eyelid
Risk adjustment
H00.03 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 H00.03
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- H00.031Abscess of right upper eyelid
- H00.032Abscess of right lower eyelid
- H00.033Abscess of eyelid right eye, unspecified eyelid
- H00.034Abscess of left upper eyelid
- H00.035Abscess of left lower eyelid
- H00.036Abscess of eyelid left eye, unspecified eyelid
- H00.039Abscess of eyelid unspecified eye, unspecified eyelid
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H00.0. If H00.03 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about H00.03
- Is H00.03 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. H00.03 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does H00.03 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).