H04.3
H04.3: Acute and unspecified inflammation of lacrimal passages
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H04.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acute and unspecified inflammation of lacrimal passages. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- neonatal dacryocystitis (P39.1)
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 H04.3
4 child codes. Green means billable.