Foreign body on external eye - T15
Excludes2: This note means that the conditions described by two codes are not usually associated with each other but can sometimes occur together.
Type 2 Excludes:
- foreign body in penetrating wound of orbit and eye ball (S05.4-, S05.5-)
- open wound of eyelid and periocular area (S01.1-)
- retained foreign body in eyelid (H02.8-)
- retained (old) foreign body in penetrating wound of orbit and eye ball (H05.5-, H44.6-, H44.7-)
- superficial foreign body of eyelid and periocular area (S00.25-)
The seventh character in ICD-10-CM is an essential component that adds specificity to diagnosis codes by indicating aspects like the encounter type, stage, or other relevant clinical details.
Category SevenChr Note:
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T15
These ranges represents subcategories of Foreign body on external eye. The "T15" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.
Codes:
- T15.0 - Foreign body in cornea
- T15.00 - Foreign body in cornea, unspecified eye
- T15.01 - Foreign body in cornea, right eye
- T15.02 - Foreign body in cornea, left eye
- T15.1 - Foreign body in conjunctival sac
- T15.10 - Foreign body in conjunctival sac, unspecified eye
- T15.11 - Foreign body in conjunctival sac, right eye
- T15.12 - Foreign body in conjunctival sac, left eye
- T15.8 - Foreign body in other and multiple parts of external eye
- T15.80 - Foreign body in other and multiple parts of external eye, unspecified eye
- T15.81 - Foreign body in other and multiple parts of external eye, right eye
- T15.82 - Foreign body in other and multiple parts of external eye, left eye
- T15.9 - Foreign body on external eye, part unspecified
- T15.90 - Foreign body on external eye, part unspecified, unspecified eye
- T15.91 - Foreign body on external eye, part unspecified, right eye
- T15.92 - Foreign body on external eye, part unspecified, left eye