Q10.3 is the authoritative medical code for Code. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for code (ICD-10-CM Q10.3), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Other congenital malformations of eyelid is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code Q10.3. Inclusion terms: Ablepharon; Blepharophimosis, congenital; Coloboma of eyelid; Congenital absence or agenesis of cilia; Congenital absence or agenesis of eyelid; Congenital accessory eyelid; Congenital accessory eye muscle; Congenital malformation of eyelid NOS. Excludes1 (not coded here): cryptophthalmos NOS Q11.2; cryptophthalmos syndrome Q87.0. Excludes2 (not included here): cleft lip and cleft palate Q35-Q37; congenital malformation of cervical spine (Q05.0, Q05.5, Q67.5, Q76.0-Q76.4); congenital malformation of larynx Q31.-; congenital malformation of lip NEC Q38.0; congenital malformation of nose Q30.-; congenital malformation of parathyroid gland Q89.2; congenital malformation of thyroid gland Q89.2.
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for Q10.3 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Inclusion Terms
Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.
- Ablepharon
- Blepharophimosis, congenital
- Coloboma of eyelid
- Congenital absence or agenesis of cilia
- Congenital absence or agenesis of eyelid
- Congenital accessory eyelid
- Congenital accessory eye muscle
- Congenital malformation of eyelid NOS
Excludes1 — Not Coded Here
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
- cryptophthalmos NOS Q11.2
- cryptophthalmos syndrome Q87.0
Excludes2 — Not Included Here
Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.
- cleft lip and cleft palate Q35-Q37
- congenital malformation of cervical spine (Q05.0, Q05.5, Q67.5, Q76.0-Q76.4)
- congenital malformation of larynx Q31.-
- congenital malformation of lip NEC Q38.0
- congenital malformation of nose Q30.-
- congenital malformation of parathyroid gland Q89.2
- congenital malformation of thyroid gland Q89.2
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance
What can't be coded together with Q10.3?
Per Excludes1 instructions, Q10.3 must not be reported with: cryptophthalmos NOS (Q11.2); cryptophthalmos syndrome (Q87.0).
Can Q10.3 be reported alongside related conditions?
Per Excludes2 instructions, Q10.3 and the following may both be reported when both are present: cleft lip and cleft palate (Q35-Q37); congenital malformation of cervical spine (Q05.0, Q05.5, Q67.5, Q76.0-Q76.4); congenital malformation of larynx (Q31.-); congenital malformation of lip NEC (Q38.0).
What conditions are included under Q10.3?
Code includes: Ablepharon; Blepharophimosis, congenital; Coloboma of eyelid; Congenital absence or agenesis of cilia; Congenital absence or agenesis of eyelid.
Codes in This Family (8)
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as Q10.3, with their registry titles.
- Q10 — Congenital malformations of eyelid, lacrimal apparatus and orbit
- Q10.0 — Congenital ptosis
- Q10.1 — Congenital ectropion
- Q10.2 — Congenital entropion
- 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
- Q10.7 — Congenital malformation of orbit
Indexed Clinical Terms (34)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Ablepharia, ablepharon
- Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial), cilia (congenital)
- Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial), eye (acquired), muscle (congenital)
- Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial), eyelid (fold) (congenital)
- Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial), muscle (congenital) (pectoral), ocular
- Accessory (congenital), eye muscle
- Accessory (congenital), eyelid
- Agenesis, cilia
- Agenesis, eyelid (fold)
- Agenesis, muscle, eyelid
- Ankyloblepharon (eyelid) (acquired), filiforme (adnatum) (congenital)
- Ankyloblepharon (eyelid) (acquired), total
- Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type), canthus
- Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type), cilia
- Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type), eyelid
- Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type), lid (fold)
- Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type), muscle, eyelid
- Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type), narrowness, eyelid
- Atrophy, atrophic (of), tarso-orbital fascia, congenital
- Blepharophimosis (eyelid), congenital
- Coloboma (iris), eyelid
- Deformity, eyelid (acquired), congenital
- Deformity, lid (fold) (acquired), congenital
- Deformity, ocular muscle (congenital)
- Epiblepharon (congenital)
- Epicanthus, epicanthic fold (eyelid) (congenital)
- Excess, excessive, excessively, skin, eyelid (acquired), congenital
- Fold, folds (anomalous), epicanthic
- Hypoplasia, hypoplastic, eyelid (congenital)
- Imperfect, closure (congenital), eyelid
- Insufficiency, insufficient, tarso-orbital fascia, congenital
- Malformation (congenital), eye, lid
- Narrowness, abnormal, eyelid
- Symblepharon, congenital
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