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ICD-10-CM code · FY2027

Q10.5 Congenital stenosis and stricture of lacrimal duct

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About Q10.5

Code: Q10.5
Billable: Yes
Short description: Congenital stenosis and stricture of lacrimal duct
Category: Q10 Congenital malformations of eyelid, lacrimal apparatus and orbit
Block: Q10-Q18 Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck
Chapter: 17 Congenital malformations, deformations, chromosomal abnormalities, and genetic disorders
Code set: FY2027, October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027

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Coding notes for Q10.5

No notes of its own; the notes below apply from the codes above it.

Also applies, from Q10 Congenital malformations of eyelid, lacrimal apparatus and orbit

Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).

cryptophthalmos NOS (Q11.2)
cryptophthalmos syndrome (Q87.0)

Block Q10-Q18 notes (apply to every code in it)

Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.

cleft lip and cleft palate (Q35-Q37)
congenital malformation of cervical spine (Q05.0, Q05.5, Q67.5, Q76.0-Q76.4)
congenital malformation of larynx (Q31.-)
congenital malformation of lip NEC (Q38.0)
congenital malformation of nose (Q30.-)
congenital malformation of parathyroid gland (Q89.2)
congenital malformation of thyroid gland (Q89.2)

Chapter 17 notes (apply to every code in it)

Note

Codes from this chapter are not for use on maternal records

Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.

inborn errors of metabolism (E70-E88)

Related codes in Q10

Q10.0 Congenital ptosisBillable
Q10.1 Congenital ectropionBillable
Q10.2 Congenital entropionBillable
Q10.3 Other congenital malformations of eyelidBillable
Q10.4 Absence and agenesis of lacrimal apparatusBillable
Q10.6 Other congenital malformations of lacrimal apparatusBillable
Q10.7 Congenital malformation of orbitBillable

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