H01.8CurrentCategory · further specificity required

Other specified inflammations of eyelid

Code-level instructions

Code also

, if applicable, infestation by Demodex mites (B88.01)

Excludes 2 · 13

Chapters 7 · Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)

Excludes 2

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

H00-H05 · Disorders of eyelid, lacrimal system and orbit (H00-H05)

Excludes 2

open wound of eyelid (S01.1-)
superficial injury of eyelid (S00.1-, S00.2-)

More specific codes

Claims & coverage

When ICD-10-CM is required

For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.

Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.

Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗

First observed · 2015-10-01

Code history

Latest recorded change · FY2026

ChangedUnchanged

FY2026

Effective from 2025-10-01

Specificity changed
Code-level rules changed

Other specified inflammations of eyelid

Category — select a more specific code

CDC/NCHS · FY2026

All editions (19)

All editions	Effective from	Code history
FY2016	2015-10-01	First observed
FY2017	2016-10-01	No tabular change
FY2018	2017-10-01	No tabular change
FY2019	2018-10-01	No tabular change
FY2020	2019-10-01	No tabular change
FY2020 · April	2020-04-01	No tabular change
FY2021	2020-10-01	No tabular change
FY2021 · 01-01	2021-01-01	No tabular change
FY2022	2021-10-01	No tabular change
FY2022 · 04-01	2022-04-01	No tabular change
FY2023	2022-10-01	No tabular change
FY2023 · 04-01	2023-04-01	No tabular change
FY2024	2023-10-01	No tabular change
FY2024 · 04-01	2024-04-01	No tabular change
FY2025	2024-10-01	No tabular change
FY2025 · 04-01	2025-04-01	No tabular change
FY2026	2025-10-01	Specificity changed · Code-level rules changed
FY2026 · April	2026-04-01	No tabular change
FY2027	2026-10-01	No tabular change

Historical ICD-9 mappings · 2018

Historical mapping only; not an automatic code substitution.

373.8 · Approximate

CDC/NCHS · GEM 2018

Code-level instructions

Code also

, if applicable, infestation by Demodex mites (B88.01)

Inherited instructions

Chapters 7 · Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)

Excludes 2

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

Note

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

H00-H05 · Disorders of eyelid, lacrimal system and orbit (H00-H05)

Excludes 2

open wound of eyelid (S01.1-)
superficial injury of eyelid (S00.1-, S00.2-)

More specific codes

H01.81Other specified inflammation of right upper eyelidBillable / specific H01.82Other specified inflammation of right lower eyelidBillable / specific H01.83Other specified inflammation of right eye, unspecified eyelidBillable / specific H01.84Other specified inflammation of left upper eyelidBillable / specific H01.85Other specified inflammation of left lower eyelidBillable / specific H01.86Other specified inflammation of left eye, unspecified eyelidBillable / specific H01.89Other specified inflammation of unspecified eye, unspecified eyelidBillable / specific H01.8AOther specified inflammation of right eye, upper and lower eyelidsBillable / specific H01.8BOther specified inflammation of left eye, upper and lower eyelidsBillable / specific

Official index references (6)

Dermatitis(eczematous) (1)

Dermatitis(eczematous) › eyelid › specified NECDisease index

Fistula(cutaneous) (1)

Fistula(cutaneous) › eyelidDisease index

Granuloma (1)

Granuloma › eyelidDisease index

Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory(with exudation) (1)

Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory(with exudation) › eyelid › specified NECDisease index

Tarsitis(eyelid) (1)

Tarsitis(eyelid)Disease index

Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative (1)

Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative › eyelid(region)Disease index

Related codes

Other entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.

Code	Description	Category · further specificity required
H01.0	Blepharitis	Category · further specificity required
H01.1	Noninfectious dermatoses of eyelid	Category · further specificity required
H01.9	Unspecified inflammation of eyelid	Billable / specific

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