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S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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S00-S09
Injuries to the head
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Superficial injury of head
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S00.259
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S00.259
Superficial foreign body of unspecified eyelid and periocular area
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- S00.259 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- Short description: Superficial foreign body of unsp eyelid and periocular area
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S00.259 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S00.259 - other international versions of ICD-10 S00.259 may differ.
The following code(s) above
S00.259 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
S00.259:
- S00-T88
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causesNote- Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
Use Additional- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
- S00-S09
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S00-S09
Injuries to the headCode Also- for any associated infection
Includes- injuries of ear
- injuries of eye
- injuries of face [any part]
- injuries of gum
- injuries of jaw
- injuries of oral cavity
- injuries of palate
- injuries of periocular area
- injuries of scalp
- injuries of temporomandibular joint area
- injuries of tongue
- injuries of tooth
Type 2 Excludes- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- effects of foreign body in ear (T16)
- effects of foreign body in larynx (T17.3)
- effects of foreign body in mouth NOS (T18.0)
- effects of foreign body in nose (T17.0-T17.1)
- effects of foreign body in pharynx (T17.2)
- effects of foreign body on external eye (T15.-)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
- S00
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S00
Superficial injury of head
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- diffuse cerebral contusion (S06.2-)
- focal cerebral contusion (S06.3-)
- injury of eye and orbit (S05.-)
- open wound of head (S01.-)
- S00.2
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S00.2
Other and unspecified superficial injuries of eyelid and periocular area
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 2 Excludes- superficial injury of conjunctiva and cornea (S05.0-)
- S00.25
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S00.25
Superficial foreign body of eyelid and periocular area
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Splinter of eyelid and periocular area
Type 2 Excludes- retained foreign body in eyelid (H02.81-)
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S00.259
S00.25 Superficial foreign body of eyelid and periocular area
S00.251 Superficial foreign body of right eyelid and periocular area
S00.252 Superficial foreign body of left eyelid and periocular area
S00.259
Superficial foreign body of unspecified eyelid and periocular area
S00.26 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of eyelid and periocular area
S00.261 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of right eyelid and periocular area
S00.262 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of left eyelid and periocular area
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
