ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › T15-T19 › T16.1 Foreign body in right ear › T16.1XXD
Foreign body in right ear, subsequent encounter
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Foreign body in right ear, subsequent encounter
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 T16 Foreign body in ear
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T16
Includes
- foreign body in auditory canal
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
- Foreign body > auditory canal
- 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 > auricle
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > eyeball
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > auditory canal
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > lacrimal apparatus
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > tear ducts or glands
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > ear
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| T16.1XXA | Foreign body in right ear, initial encounter | Valid |
| T16.1XXS | Foreign body in right ear, sequela | Valid |