ICD-10-CM Code T15
Foreign body on 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 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the four child codes of T15 that describes the diagnosis 'foreign body on external eye' in more detail.
- T15 Foreign body on external eye NON-BILLABLE
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- T15.00 Foreign body in cornea, unspecified eye NON-BILLABLE
- T15.01 Foreign body in cornea, right eye NON-BILLABLE
- T15.02 Foreign body in cornea, left eye NON-BILLABLE
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- T15.10 Foreign body in conjunctival sac, unspecified eye NON-BILLABLE
- T15.11 Foreign body in conjunctival sac, right eye NON-BILLABLE
- T15.12 Foreign body in conjunctival sac, left eye NON-BILLABLE
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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 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-2 Excludes:
Type-2 Excludes
Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here." - Foreign body in penetrating wound of orbit and eye ball (S05.4-, S05.5-) - instead, use code S05.4-
- Open wound of eyelid and periocular area - instead, use code S01.1-
- Retained foreign body in eyelid - instead, use code H02.8-
- Retained (old) foreign body in penetrating wound of orbit and eye ball (H05.5-, H44.6-, H44.7-) - instead, use code H05.5-
- Superficial foreign body of eyelid and periocular area - instead, use code S00.25-
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7th Character Extension Notes:
What is 7th Character Extension?
For codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character a placeholder 'X' should be assigned for all characters less than 6. The 7th character must always be the 7th position of a code. E.g. The ICD-10-CM code T67.4 (Heat exhaustion due to salt depletion) requires an Episode of Care identifier. T67.4XXA Initial Encounter or T67.4XXD Subsequent Encounter. More Info - The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category See Code T15