ICD-10-CM Code T15.8
Foreign body in other and multiple parts of external eye
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code T15.8 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of T15.8 that describes the diagnosis 'foreign body in other and multiple parts of external eye' in more detail.
The ICD code T15 is used to code Foreign body
A foreign body or sometimes known as FB (Latin: corpus alienum) is any object originating outside the body. In machinery, it can mean any unwanted intruding object.
Specialty: | Emergency Medicine |
MeSH Codes: | D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547 |
ICD 9 Codes: | 930, 931, 933, 932, 934, 935, 936, 937, 938, 939, 919.6 |
Endoscopy image of gastric foreign body (toothbrush)
Coding Notes for T15.8 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Inclusion Terms:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion Terms are a list of concepts for which a specific code is used. The list of Inclusion Terms is useful for determining the correct code in some cases, but the list is not necessarily exhaustive. - Foreign body in lacrimal punctum
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'T15.8 - Foreign body in other and multiple parts of external eye'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code T15.8. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: T15 - Foreign body on external eye