Foreign body on external eye - T15

 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-)

 Category SevenChr Note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T15

 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