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ICD-10-CM Codes
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S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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T15-T19
Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice
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T15-
Foreign body on external eye
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T15.91XS
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T15.91XS
Foreign body on external eye, part unspecified, right eye, sequela
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code POA Exempt
- T15.91XS is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Foreign body on external eye, part unsp, right eye, sequela
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM T15.91XS became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T15.91XS - other international versions of ICD-10 T15.91XS may differ.
The following code(s) above
T15.91XS 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
T15.91XS:
- 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.-)
- T15-T19
2021 ICD-10-CM Range T15-T19
Effects of foreign body entering through natural orificeType 2 Excludes- foreign body accidentally left in operation wound (T81.5-)
- foreign body in penetrating wound - See open wound by body region
- residual foreign body in soft tissue (M79.5)
- splinter, without open wound - See superficial injury by body region
- T15
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T15
Foreign body on external eye
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
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-)
POA Help
"Present On Admission" is defined as present at the time the order for inpatient admission occurs — conditions that develop during an outpatient encounter, including emergency department, observation, or outpatient surgery, are considered POA.
- T15.91XS is considered exempt from POA reporting.
ICD-10-CM T15.91XS is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 913 Traumatic injury with mcc
- 914 Traumatic injury without mcc
Convert T15.91XS to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 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 T15.91XS
T15.9 Foreign body on external eye, part unspecified
T15.90 Foreign body on external eye, part unspecified, unspecified eye
T15.91 Foreign body on external eye, part unspecified, right eye
T15.91XS
…… sequela
T15.92 Foreign body on external eye, part unspecified, left eye
T16.1 Foreign body in right ear
T16.2 Foreign body in left ear
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
