H02.153 — Paralytic ectropion of right eye, unspecified eyelid
H02.153 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for paralytic ectropion of right eye, unspecified eyelid. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
H02.153 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.
Medicare coverage
H02.153 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies — 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A57068Billing and Coding: Ocular Photography - External
- A57637Billing and Coding: Visual Field Examination
How H02.153 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to H02.153.
- Ectropion›eyelid›paralytic›right
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H02.15. If H02.153 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- H02.151Paralytic ectropion of right upper eyelid
- H02.152Paralytic ectropion of right lower eyelid
- H02.154Paralytic ectropion of left upper eyelid
- H02.155Paralytic ectropion of left lower eyelid
- H02.156Paralytic ectropion of left eye, unspecified eyelid
- H02.159Paralytic ectropion of unspecified eye, unspecified eyelid
Questions about H02.153
- Is H02.153 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. H02.153 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does H02.153 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).