S05.6 Penetrating wound without foreign body of eyeball

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applicable to

• Ocular penetration NOS

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

Codes under S05.6

• S05.60 Penetrating wound without foreign body of unspecified eyeball
• S05.61 Penetrating wound without foreign body of right eyeball
• S05.62 Penetrating wound without foreign body of left eyeball

Code annotations containing back-references to S05.6

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.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for S05.6

• Injury › eyeball › penetrating
• Laceration › eye (ball) › penetrating
• Puncture › eyeball
• Wound, open › ocular › eyeball

Nearby codes

• S05.51XS Penetrating wound with foreign body of right eyeball, sequela
• S05.52 Penetrating wound with foreign body of left eyeball
• S05.52XA Penetrating wound with foreign body of left eyeball, initial encounter
• S05.52XD Penetrating wound with foreign body of left eyeball, subsequent encounter
• S05.52XS Penetrating wound with foreign body of left eyeball, sequela
• S05.6 Penetrating wound without foreign body of eyeball (this code)
• S05.60 Penetrating wound without foreign body of unspecified eyeball
• S05.60XA Penetrating wound without foreign body of unspecified eyeball, initial encounter
• S05.60XD Penetrating wound without foreign body of unspecified eyeball, subsequent encounter
• S05.60XS Penetrating wound without foreign body of unspecified eyeball, sequela
• S05.61 Penetrating wound without foreign body of right eyeball