ICD-10-CM code "T15.8": Foreign body in other and multiple parts of external eye (2024)

Excludes

1. Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

   Type 1birth trauma (P10-P15)

   Type 1obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

2. Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice (T15-T19)

   Type 2foreign body accidentally left in operation wound (T81.5-)

   Type 2foreign body in penetrating wound - See open wound by body region

   Type 2residual foreign body in soft tissue (M79.5)

   Type 2splinter, without open wound - See superficial injury by body region

3. Foreign body on external eye (T15)

   Type 2foreign body in penetrating wound of orbit and eye ball (S05.4-, S05.5-)

   Type 2open wound of eyelid and periocular area (S01.1-)

   Type 2retained foreign body in eyelid (H02.8-)

   Type 2retained (old) foreign body in penetrating wound of orbit and eye ball (H05.5-, H44.6-, H44.7-)

   Type 2superficial foreign body of eyelid and periocular area (S00.25-)

4. Foreign body in other and multiple parts of external eye (T15.8)

Includes

1. Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
2. Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice (T15-T19)
3. Foreign body on external eye (T15)
4. Foreign body in other and multiple parts of external eye (T15.8)

Subcategories

• Foreign body in other and multiple parts of external eye, unspecified eye (T15.80)
• Foreign body in other and multiple parts of external eye, right eye (T15.81)
• Foreign body in other and multiple parts of external eye, left eye (T15.82)