2025
ICD-10-CM
Diagnosis
Code

T15 Foreign body on external eye

  • Non-billable
  • 2016–2025

T15 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Foreign body on external eye.

Type 2 excludes

  • Foreign body in penetrating wound of orbit and eye ball (S05.4-, S05.5-)

  • Open wound of eyelid and periocular area (S01.1-)

  • Retained foreign body in eyelid (H02.8-)

  • 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-)

Seventh character note

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T15

Seventh character extensions

  • A: initial encounter

  • D: subsequent encounter

  • S: sequela

Codes

Versions

  1. 2025

    No changes

  2. 2024

    No changes

  3. 2023

    No changes

  4. 2022

    No changes

  5. 2021

    No changes

  6. 2020

    No changes

  7. 2019

    No changes

  8. 2018

    No changes

  9. 2017

    No changes

  10. 2016

    New code