Disorder of lacrimal system
| ICD10 Diagnosis | |
| Dx: | Disorder of lacrimal system |
| ICD10 code: | H04 |
| Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | none assigned |
| Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
| APACHE Como Component: | none |
| APACHE Acute Component: | none |
| Start Date: | |
| Stop Date: | |
| Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements): | No results |
| External ICD10 Documentation | |
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Additional Info
- The lacrimal apparatus is the physiological system containing the orbital structures for tear production and drainage.
- dacryoadenitis is an inflammatory enlargement of the lacrimal gland. Dacryoadenitis may be separated into acute and chronic syndromes with infectious or systemic etiology.
- Acute dacryoadenitis is most commonly due to viral or bacterial infection. Common causes include mumps, Epstein-Barr virus, staphylococcus, and gonococcus.
Chronic dacryoadenitis is usually due to noninfectious inflammatory disorders. Examples include sarcoidosis, thyroid eye disease, and orbital pseudotumor.
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
- Disorder of eyelid
- Endophthalmitis, infectious
- Conjunctivitis, any type or cause
- Eye or related structures, benign neoplasm
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