S05.50 Penetrating wound with foreign body of unspecified eyeball

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

Applies from S05 Injury of eye and orbit

Includes

• open wound of eye and orbit

Excludes2 (not included here)

• 2nd cranial [optic] nerve injury (S04.0-)
• 3rd cranial [oculomotor] nerve injury (S04.1-)
• open wound of eyelid and periocular area (S01.1-)
• orbital bone fracture (S02.1-, S02.3-, S02.8-)
• superficial injury of eyelid (S00.1-S00.2)

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S05

7th character required

• A — initial encounter
• D — subsequent encounter
• S — sequela

Applies from S05.5 Penetrating wound with foreign body of eyeball

Excludes2 (not included here)

• retained (old) intraocular foreign body (H44.6-, H44.7)

Code annotations containing back-references to S05.50

Back-references to S05.5

• Type 2 Excludes: T15 Foreign body on external eye ("foreign body in penetrating wound of orbit and eye ball (S05.4-, S05.5-)")

Back-references to S05

• Code Also: G96.00 Cerebrospinal fluid leak, unspecified ("head injury (S00-S09)")
• Code Also: G96.08 Other cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak ("head injury (S00 - S09)")
• Code Also: G96.09 Other spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak ("head injury (S00 - S09)")
• Type 1 Excludes: H44.6 Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic ("current intraocular foreign body (S05.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: H44.7 Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic ("current intraocular foreign body (S05.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: S00 Superficial injury of head ("injury of eye and orbit (S05.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: S01 Open wound of head ("injury of eye and orbit (S05.-)")

Nearby codes

• S05.42 Penetrating wound of orbit with or without foreign body, left eye
• S05.42XA Penetrating wound of orbit with or without foreign body, left eye, initial encounter
• S05.42XD Penetrating wound of orbit with or without foreign body, left eye, subsequent encounter
• S05.42XS Penetrating wound of orbit with or without foreign body, left eye, sequela
• S05.5 Penetrating wound with foreign body of eyeball
• S05.50 Penetrating wound with foreign body of unspecified eyeball (this code)
• S05.50XA Penetrating wound with foreign body of unspecified eyeball, initial encounter
• S05.50XD Penetrating wound with foreign body of unspecified eyeball, subsequent encounter
• S05.50XS Penetrating wound with foreign body of unspecified eyeball, sequela
• S05.51 Penetrating wound with foreign body of right eyeball
• S05.51XA Penetrating wound with foreign body of right eyeball, initial encounter