T15.02XA
Billable

Foreign body in cornea, left eye (initial encounter)

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Billable Code

T15.02XA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

foreign body

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Foreign Body Retention

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Parent Codes Referenced:

S00-T88(Chapter 19)T15(Foreign body on external eye)T15.0(Foreign body in cornea)T15.02(Foreign body in cornea, left eye)

Excludes1

2 items

From S00-T88:

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birth trauma (P10-P15)
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obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Excludes2

5 items

From T15:

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foreign body in penetrating wound of orbit and eye ball (S05.4-, S05.5-)
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open wound of eyelid and periocular area (S01.1-)
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retained foreign body in eyelid (H02.8-)
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retained (old) foreign body in penetrating wound of orbit and eye ball (H05.5-, H44.6-, H44.7-)
•
superficial foreign body of eyelid and periocular area (S00.25-)

Use Additional Code

1 item

From S00-T88:

•
code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

7th Character Notes

4 items

From T15:

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The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T15
•
A: initial encounter
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D: subsequent encounter
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S: sequela

T15.02XA
Billable

Foreign body in cornea, left eye (initial encounter)

Billable Code

Referenced in Diagnoses

Additional Information from Parent Codes

Parent Codes Referenced:

Excludes1

From S00-T88:

Excludes2

From T15:

Use Additional Code

From S00-T88:

7th Character Notes

From T15:

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T15.02XABillable

Foreign body in cornea, left eye (initial encounter)

Billable Code

Referenced in Diagnoses

Additional Information from Parent Codes

Parent Codes Referenced:

Excludes1

From S00-T88:

Excludes2

From T15:

Use Additional Code

From S00-T88:

7th Character Notes

From T15:

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T15.02XA
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