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ICD-10-CM Code for Absence and agenesis of lacrimal apparatus Q10.4

ICD-10 code Q10.4 for Absence and agenesis of lacrimal apparatus is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities .

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Absence and agenesis of lacrimal apparatus
Congenital absence of punctum lacrimale

Q10

Excludes1: cryptophthalmos NOS (Q11.2)
cryptophthalmos syndrome (Q87.0)

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