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T26.50XD

Corrosion of unspecified eyelid and periocular area, subsequent encounter

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Corrosion of eyelid and periocular area, unspecified side, subsequent encounter
  2. FY2011 Draft description revised draft Corrosion of eyelid and periocular area, unspecified side, subsequent encounter Corrosion of unspecified eyelid and periocular area, 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 T26 Burn and corrosion confined to eye and adnexa

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T26

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
T26.50XA Corrosion of unspecified eyelid and periocular area, initial encounter Valid
T26.50XS Corrosion of unspecified eyelid and periocular area, sequela Valid