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ICD-10-CM Code for Congenital malformations of eyelid, lacrimal apparatus and orbit Q10

ICD-10 code Q10 for Congenital malformations of eyelid, lacrimal apparatus and orbit is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities .

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Congenital malformations of eyelid, lacrimal apparatus and orbit
Excludes1: cryptophthalmos NOS (Q11.2)
cryptophthalmos syndrome (Q87.0)
 
Q10 Congenital malformations of eyelid, lacrimal apparatus and orbit
Child Code
Congenital ptosis
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Congenital ectropion
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Congenital entropion
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Other congenital malformations of eyelid
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Absence and agenesis of lacrimal apparatus
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Congenital stenosis and stricture of lacrimal duct
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Other congenital malformations of lacrimal apparatus
Child Code
Congenital malformation of orbit

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