H00.12

H00.12: Chalazion right lower eyelid

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMright

H00.12 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for chalazion right lower eyelid. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check H00.12 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above H00.12

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on H00.1: Chalazion

infected meibomian gland (H00.02-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

H00.12 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57044Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions
A57068Billing and Coding: Ocular Photography - External
A57482Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions
A57637Billing and Coding: Visual Field Examination

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Chalazion›right›lower

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.