H01.8 — Other specified inflammations of eyelid

Not billable

Is H01.8 billable?

No — H01.8 is a non-billable header code. H01.8 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 9 billable codes beneath H01.8.

Billable codes under this header

H01.8 at a glance

Code	H01.8
Description	Other specified inflammations of eyelid
Billable	No — header code
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

How is H01.8 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to H01.8. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

Tarsitis (eyelid)
Fistula › eyelid (cutaneous)
Granuloma › eyelid
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative › eyelid
Dermatitis › eyelid › specified NEC (eczematous)
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory › eyelid › specified NEC (with exudation)

Code also

Two codes may be needed to describe the condition fully. Whether H01.8 is sequenced first depends on the reason for the encounter.

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

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 7

The conditions below are not part of H01.8, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H01.8 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 H01.8, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H01.8 and the excluded code may both be reported.

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

What codes fall under H01.8? (9)

How long has H01.8 existed?

H01.8 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

FY2026: H01.8 stopped being billable

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.