ICD-10-CM 2027 diagnosis code
H04.8Other disorders of lacrimal system
H04.8 is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself. Choose one of the 2 more specific codes beneath it.
Code unchanged since ICD-10-CM took effect on October 1, 2015. Source: official FY2027 ICD-10-CM release from CDC/NCHS and CMS. Page updated September 29, 2026. About our data
About H04.8
H04.8 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other disorders of lacrimal system. It belongs to category H04 (disorders of lacrimal system), block H00-H05 (disorders of eyelid, lacrimal system and orbit) and chapter 7 (diseases of the eye and adnexa). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 2 subcodes must be used instead.
Within H04, choose H04.8 (Other disorders of lacrimal system) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: dacryoadenitis (H04.0), other disorders of lacrimal gland (H04.1), epiphora (H04.2), acute and unspecified inflammation of lacrimal passages (H04.3), chronic inflammation of lacrimal passages (H04.4), stenosis and insufficiency of lacrimal passages (H04.5), other changes of lacrimal passages (H04.6) and disorder of lacrimal system, unspecified (H04.9).
To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: H04.81 (passages) and H04.89 (system).
It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.
Specific codes under H04.8
Notes that apply from higher levels
Instructions written at a parent level also apply to H04.8.
Broader instructions also apply from H00-H05 Disorders of eyelid, lacrimal system and orbit and Chapter 7: Diseases of the eye and adnexa.
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- FY2016 (effective 10/1/2015): Added (first year of ICD-10-CM)
- No changes since FY2016.
Common questions about H04.8
Is H04.8 billable?
- No. H04.8 is a header code. Report one of its more specific subcodes instead.