H02.53
Eyelid retraction
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
H02.53 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for eyelid retraction. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are H02.531 Eyelid retraction right upper eyelid; H02.532 Eyelid retraction right lower eyelid; H02.533 Eyelid retraction right eye, unspecified eyelid; H02.534 Eyelid retraction left upper eyelid and 3 more. Its coding notes include 1 Excludes1 entry and 16 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Inherited from H02.5 Other disorders affecting eyelid function
Also from chapter/block level (13 notes)
Inherited from H00–H05 Disorders of eyelid, lacrimal system and orbit
Inherited from Chapter 7 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
- 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)
Inclusion terms
Conditions classified to this code.
This code
- Eyelid lag
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 7 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
- Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
More specific codes under H02.53 7
- H02.531Eyelid retraction right upper eyelidBillable
- H02.532Eyelid retraction right lower eyelidBillable
- H02.533Eyelid retraction right eye, unspecified eyelidBillable
- H02.534Eyelid retraction left upper eyelidBillable
- H02.535Eyelid retraction left lower eyelidBillable
- H02.536Eyelid retraction left eye, unspecified eyelidBillable
- H02.539Eyelid retraction unspecified eye, unspecified lidBillable