S05.8X9A Other injuries of unspecified eye and orbit, initial encounter

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Built from S05.8X9 with 7th character A (initial encounter).

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 S05.8 Other injuries of eye and orbit

Applicable to

• Lacrimal duct injury

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

• Unspecified code (laterality): Unspecified codes for which a more specific code identifying laterality (right, left, bilateral) exists within the same code family.

Code annotations containing back-references to S05.8X9A

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

• S05.8X2 Other injuries of left eye and orbit
• S05.8X2A Other injuries of left eye and orbit, initial encounter
• S05.8X2D Other injuries of left eye and orbit, subsequent encounter
• S05.8X2S Other injuries of left eye and orbit, sequela
• S05.8X9 Other injuries of unspecified eye and orbit
• S05.8X9A Other injuries of unspecified eye and orbit, initial encounter (this code)
• S05.8X9D Other injuries of unspecified eye and orbit, subsequent encounter
• S05.8X9S Other injuries of unspecified eye and orbit, sequela
• S05.9 Unspecified injury of eye and orbit
• S05.90 Unspecified injury of unspecified eye and orbit
• S05.90XA Unspecified injury of unspecified eye and orbit, initial encounter