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Q10.4

Billable

Absence and agenesis of lacrimal apparatus

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A birth defect where the tear drainage system (lacrimal apparatus) is absent or underdeveloped, potentially causing excessive tearing or dry eye problems.

Coding Tips

  • •Document whether the absence or underdevelopment affects the lacrimal gland, ducts, or sac
  • •Note any associated symptoms like epiphora (excessive tearing) or recurrent eye infections

Code Hierarchy

└Q10Congenital malformations of eyelid, lacrimal apparatus and orbit└Q10.4Absence and agenesis of lacrimal apparatus
└Q10.4Absence and agenesis of lacrimal apparatus

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