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FY2027

H01.01A — Ulcerative blepharitis right eye, upper and lower eyelids

Billable

Is H01.01A billable?

Yes — H01.01A is billable for FY2027. H01.01A is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. H01.01A may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

H01.01A at a glance

CodeH01.01A
DescriptionUlcerative blepharitis right eye, upper and lower eyelids
BillableYes
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does H01.01A group to?

H01.01A 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 H01.01A listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to H01.01A. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

  • Blepharitis › ulcerative › right › upper and lower (angularis) (ciliaris) (eyelid) (marginal) (nonulcerative)

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from H01.0

The conditions below can never be reported together with H01.01A 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 H01.01A, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H01.01A 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 H01.01A, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H01.01A and the excluded code may both be reported.

How long has H01.01A existed?

H01.01A first appears in FY2019.

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 H01.01A?

What other codes are in the H01.01 family? (8)