Q10.3 Other congenital malformations of eyelid

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.

Applicable to

• Ablepharon
• Blepharophimosis, congenital
• Coloboma of eyelid
• Congenital absence or agenesis of cilia
• Congenital absence or agenesis of eyelid
• Congenital accessory eyelid
• Congenital accessory eye muscle
• Congenital malformation of eyelid NOS

Applies from Q10 Congenital malformations of eyelid, lacrimal apparatus and orbit

Excludes1 (never code together)

• cryptophthalmos NOS (Q11.2)
• cryptophthalmos syndrome (Q87.0)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 124-125 in MDC 02.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 743.62 Congenital deformities of eyelids (approximate)
• 743.63 Other specified congenital anomalies of eyelid (approximate)
• 743.69 Other congenital anomalies of eyelids, lacrimal system, and orbit (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to Q10.3

Back-references to Q10.3

• Type 1 Excludes: H02 Other disorders of eyelid ("congenital malformations of eyelid (Q10.0-Q10.3)")
• Type 2 Excludes: L98.7 Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue ("congenital excess or redundant skin of eyelid (Q10.3)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Q10.3

• Ablepharia, ablepharon
• Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial) › cilia (congenital)
• Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial) › eye (acquired) › muscle (congenital)
• Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial) › eyelid (fold) (congenital)
• Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial) › muscle (congenital) (pectoral) › ocular
• Accessory (congenital) › eye muscle
• Accessory (congenital) › eyelid
• Agenesis › cilia
• Agenesis › eyelid (fold)
• Agenesis › muscle › eyelid
• Ankyloblepharon (eyelid) (acquired) › filiforme (adnatum) (congenital)
• Ankyloblepharon (eyelid) (acquired) › total
• Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) › canthus
• Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) › cilia
• Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) › eyelid
• Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) › lid (fold)
• Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) › muscle › eyelid
• Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) › narrowness, eyelid
• Atrophy, atrophic (of) › tarso-orbital fascia, congenital
• Blepharophimosis (eyelid) › congenital
• Coloboma (iris) › eyelid
• Deformity › eyelid (acquired) › congenital
• Deformity › lid (fold) (acquired) › congenital
• Deformity › ocular muscle (congenital)
• Epiblepharon (congenital)
• Epicanthus, epicanthic fold (eyelid) (congenital)
• Excess, excessive, excessively › skin › eyelid (acquired) › congenital
• Fold, folds (anomalous) › epicanthic
• Hypoplasia, hypoplastic › eyelid (congenital)
• Imperfect › closure (congenital) › eyelid
• Insufficiency, insufficient › tarso-orbital fascia, congenital
• Malformation (congenital) › eye › lid
• Narrowness, abnormal, eyelid
• Symblepharon › congenital

Nearby codes

• Q10 Congenital malformations of eyelid, lacrimal apparatus and orbit
• Q10.0 Congenital ptosis
• Q10.1 Congenital ectropion
• Q10.2 Congenital entropion
• Q10.3 Other congenital malformations of eyelid (this code)
• Q10.4 Absence and agenesis of lacrimal apparatus
• Q10.5 Congenital stenosis and stricture of lacrimal duct
• Q10.6 Other congenital malformations of lacrimal apparatus
• Q10.7 Congenital malformation of orbit