H04.21

H04.21: Epiphora due to excess lacrimation

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H04.21 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for epiphora due to excess lacrimation. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H04.21

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on H04: Disorders of lacrimal system

congenital malformations of lacrimal system (Q10.4-Q10.6)

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead H04.21

4 child codes. Green means billable.

H04.211Epiphora due to excess lacrimation, right lacrimal gland
H04.212Epiphora due to excess lacrimation, left lacrimal gland
H04.213Epiphora due to excess lacrimation, bilateral lacrimal glands
H04.219Epiphora due to excess lacrimation, unspecified lacrimal gland

Other codes under H04.2

H04.20Unspecified epiphora
H04.22Epiphora due to insufficient drainage