Foreign body on external eye, part unspecified, left eye

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

T15.92XA Foreign body on external eye, part unspecified, left eye, initial encounter
T15.92XD Foreign body on external eye, part unspecified, left eye, subsequent encounter
T15.92XS Foreign body on external eye, part unspecified, left eye, sequela

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Foreign body on external eye, part unspecified, left eye

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from T15 Foreign body on external eye

Seventh character required

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

Excludes2 - not included here

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-)

Inherited from the T15-T19 section Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice (T15-T19)

Excludes2 - not included here

foreign body accidentally left in operation wound (T81.5-)
foreign body in penetrating wound - See open wound by body region
residual foreign body in soft tissue (M79.5)
splinter, without open wound - See superficial injury by body region

Use additional code

code, if known, for foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice (W44.-)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Emesis
Retching
Granuloma > talc
Regurgitation > food
Foreign body > granuloma
Reaction > foreign > body NEC
Foreign body > lacrimal punctum
Aspiration > syndrome of newborn
Regurgitation > gastric contents
Myositis > foreign body granuloma
Pneumonia > neonatal > aspiration
Syndrome > aspiration, of newborn
Asphyxia, asphyxiation > inhalation
Foreign body > entering through orifice > globe
Foreign body > entering through orifice > eyeball
Foreign body > entering through orifice > lacrimal apparatus
Foreign body > entering through orifice > tear ducts or glands
Foreign body > entering through orifice > eye NOS

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
T15.90	Foreign body on external eye, part unspecified, unspecified eye	Not billable
T15.91	Foreign body on external eye, part unspecified, right eye	Not billable