Q10.6 Other congenital malformations of lacrimal apparatus

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

Applicable to

• Congenital malformation of lacrimal apparatus 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)

• 743.65 Specified congenital anomalies of lacrimal passages (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to Q10.6

Back-references to Q10.6

• Type 1 Excludes: H04 Disorders of lacrimal system ("congenital malformations of lacrimal system (Q10.4-Q10.6)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Q10.6

• Accessory (congenital) › lacrimal canal
• Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) › caruncle, lacrimal
• Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) › lacrimal apparatus or duct
• Deficiency, deficient › lacrimal fluid (acquired) › congenital
• Deformity › canaliculi (lacrimalis) (acquired) › congenital
• Deformity › caruncle, lacrimal (acquired) › congenital
• Deformity › lacrimal passages or duct (congenital) NEC
• Displacement, displaced › canaliculus (lacrimalis), congenital
• Displacement, displaced › lachrymal, lacrimal apparatus or duct (congenital)
• Displacement, displaced › punctum lacrimale (congenital)
• Malformation (congenital) › lacrimal apparatus
• Supernumerary (congenital) › lacrimonasal duct

Nearby codes

• 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
• Q10.6 Other congenital malformations of lacrimal apparatus (this code)
• Q10.7 Congenital malformation of orbit