S05.50

Non-billable

Penetrating wound with foreign body of unspecified eyeball

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More Specific Codes (6)

S05.5Penetrating wound with foreign body of eyeballCategory→S05.51Penetrating wound with foreign body of right eyeballCategory→S05.52Penetrating wound with foreign body of left eyeballCategory→S05.50XAPenetrating wound with foreign body of unspecified eyeball (initial encounter)Billable→S05.50XDPenetrating wound with foreign body of unspecified eyeball (subsequent encounter)Billable→S05.50XSPenetrating wound with foreign body of unspecified eyeball (sequela)Billable→

Chapter Information

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for S05.50

Penetrating wound with foreign body of eyeball

Penetrating wound with foreign body of right eyeball

Penetrating wound with foreign body of left eyeball

Penetrating wound with foreign body of unspecified eyeball (initial encounter)

Penetrating wound with foreign body of unspecified eyeball (subsequent encounter)

Penetrating wound with foreign body of unspecified eyeball (sequela)