H00.03

Abscess of eyelid

Non-billable header

H00.03 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Furuncle of eyelid

Includes (from H00)

  • Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from H00)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from H00)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from H00)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from H00)
  • diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-) (from H00)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from H00)
  • injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-) (from H00)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from H00)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from H00)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from H00)
  • syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71) (from H00)
  • open wound of eyelid (S01.1-) (from H00)
  • superficial injury of eyelid (S00.1-, S00.2-) (from H00)

Also known as

  • Furuncle of eyelid
  • Abscess, eyelid

Parent code

  • H00.0Hordeolum (externum) (internum) of eyelidHeader

More specific codes H00.03

  • H00.031Abscess of right upper eyelidBillable
  • H00.032Abscess of right lower eyelidBillable
  • H00.033Abscess of eyelid right eye, unspecified eyelidBillable
  • H00.034Abscess of left upper eyelidBillable
  • H00.035Abscess of left lower eyelidBillable
  • H00.036Abscess of eyelid left eye, unspecified eyelidBillable
  • H00.039Abscess of eyelid unspecified eye, unspecified eyelidBillable

Related codes

  • H00.01Hordeolum externumHeader
  • H00.02Hordeolum internumHeader

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