H02.202 — Unspecified lagophthalmos right lower eyelid
H02.202 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified lagophthalmos right lower eyelid. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H02.202
These are not written on H02.202, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing H02.202 with anything listed here is a denial.
Risk adjustment
H02.202 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
H02.202 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies — 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56439Billing and Coding: Blepharoplasty
- A56503Billing and Coding: Blepharoplasty, Eyelid Surgery, and Brow Lift
- A56908Billing and Coding: Blepharoplasty, Blepharoptosis and Brow Lift
- A57637Billing and Coding: Visual Field Examination
How H02.202 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 H02.202.
- Lagophthalmos›right›lower
Code history
H02.202 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H02.20. If H02.202 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- H02.201Unspecified lagophthalmos right upper eyelid
- H02.203Unspecified lagophthalmos right eye, unspecified eyelid
- H02.204Unspecified lagophthalmos left upper eyelid
- H02.205Unspecified lagophthalmos left lower eyelid
- H02.206Unspecified lagophthalmos left eye, unspecified eyelid
- H02.209Unspecified lagophthalmos unspecified eye, unspecified eyelid
- H02.20AUnspecified lagophthalmos right eye, upper and lower eyelids
- H02.20BUnspecified lagophthalmos left eye, upper and lower eyelids
- H02.20CUnspecified lagophthalmos, bilateral, upper and lower eyelids
Questions about H02.202
- Is H02.202 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. H02.202 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does H02.202 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).
- What cannot be coded together with H02.202?
- H02.202 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above H02.202 (H02) and apply to it just the same.