ICD-10-CM Code S05.6
Penetrating wound without foreign body of eyeball
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 S05.6 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of S05.6 that describes the diagnosis 'penetrating wound without foreign body of eyeball' in more detail.
Coding Notes for S05.6 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. - Ocular penetration NOS
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Penetrating injury of lens (disorder)
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for an external cause code
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S05.6 - Penetrating wound without foreign body of eyeball'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code S05.6. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: S05 - Injury of eye and orbit