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ICD-10: T15

Foreign body on external eye

Coding Guidelines

Excludes 2

  • 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-)
  • open wound of eyelid and periocular area (S01.1-)
  • foreign body in penetrating wound of orbit and eye ball (S05.4-, S05.5-)
  • retained foreign body in eyelid (H02.8-)

Subcategories

T15.0
Foreign body in cornea
T15.9
Foreign body on external eye, part unspecified
T15.8
Foreign body in other and multiple parts of external eye
T15.1
Foreign body in conjunctival sac

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