Q10.5 Congenital stenosis and stricture of lacrimal duct

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

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)

• 743.65 Specified congenital anomalies of lacrimal passages (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to Q10.5

Back-references to Q10.5

• Type 1 Excludes: H04 Disorders of lacrimal system ("congenital malformations of lacrimal system (Q10.4-Q10.6)")
• Type 1 Excludes: H04.53 Neonatal obstruction of nasolacrimal duct ("congenital stenosis and stricture of lacrimal duct (Q10.5)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Q10.5

• Closure › lacrimal duct › congenital
• Dacryostenosis › congenital
• Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive › lacrimal (passages) (duct) › congenital
• Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive › nasolacrimal duct › congenital
• Stenosis, stenotic (cicatricial) › lacrimal (passage) › congenital
• Stenosis, stenotic (cicatricial) › lacrimonasal duct › congenital
• Stenosis, stenotic (cicatricial) › nasal duct › congenital
• Stenosis, stenotic (cicatricial) › nasolacrimal duct › congenital
• Stricture › lacrimal passages › congenital
• Stricture › nasal duct › congenital
• Stricture › nasolacrimal duct › congenital
• Stricture › punctum lacrimale › congenital

Nearby codes

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