H05.019 is the authoritative medical code for Cellulitis of unspecified orbit. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for cellulitis of unspecified orbit (ICD-10-CM H05.019), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for H05.019 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.
Per official ICD-10-CM Excludes1 instructions, H05.019 must not be reported together with: congenital malformation of orbit (Q10.7).
Per official ICD-10-CM Excludes2 instructions, H05.019 and the following are not considered part of each other and may both be reported when both conditions are present: open wound of eyelid (S01.1-); superficial injury of eyelid (S00.1-, S00.2-).
Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to H05.019 in its code family, with their registry titles.