H01.014 — Ulcerative blepharitis left upper eyelid
Is H01.014 billable?
Yes — H01.014 is billable for FY2027. H01.014 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. H01.014 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
H01.014 at a glance
| Code | H01.014 |
|---|---|
| Description | Ulcerative blepharitis left upper eyelid |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does H01.014 group to?
H01.014 sits in MDC 02 and helps define the logic of 2 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 124Other Disorders of the Eye with MCC or Thrombolytic Agentmedical
- 125Other Disorders of the Eye without MCCmedical
How is H01.014 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to H01.014. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Blepharitis › ulcerative › left › upper (angularis) (ciliaris) (eyelid) (marginal) (nonulcerative)
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from H01.0
The conditions below can never be reported together with H01.014 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- blepharoconjunctivitis (H10.5-)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 7
The conditions below are not part of H01.014, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H01.014 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- 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)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from H00-H05
The conditions below are not part of H01.014, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H01.014 and the excluded code may both be reported.
How long has H01.014 existed?
H01.014 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
Which conditions are coded to H01.014?
What other codes are in the H01.01 family? (8)
- H01.011Ulcerative blepharitis right upper eyelid
- H01.012Ulcerative blepharitis right lower eyelid
- H01.013Ulcerative blepharitis right eye, unspecified eyelid
- H01.015Ulcerative blepharitis left lower eyelid
- H01.016Ulcerative blepharitis left eye, unspecified eyelid
- H01.019Ulcerative blepharitis unspecified eye, unspecified eyelid
- H01.01AUlcerative blepharitis right eye, upper and lower eyelids
- H01.01BUlcerative blepharitis left eye, upper and lower eyelids