871.3 AVULSION OF EYE


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 871.3

Short Description: Avulsion of eye

Long Description: Avulsion of eye

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Open wound of head, neck, and trunk (870-879)
      • 871 Open wound of eyeball
        • 871.3 Avulsion of eye

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 871.3 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Avulsion (traumatic) 879.8
    • eye 871.3
  • Displacement, displaced
    • eyeball (acquired) (old) 376.36
      • current injury 871.3
    • globe (acquired) (lateral) (old) 376.36
      • current injury 871.3
  • Enucleation of eye (current) (traumatic) 871.3
  • Evisceration
    • traumatic NEC 869.1
      • eye 871.3

Crosswalk Information

The code 871.3 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
871.3 Right Arrow S05.70XA Avulsion of unspecified eye, initial encounter
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
871.0 Ocular laceration without prolapse of intraocular tissue
871.1 Ocular laceration with prolapse or exposure of intraocular tissue
871.2 Rupture of eye with partial loss of intraocular tissue
871.4 Unspecified laceration of eye
871.5 Penetration of eyeball with magnetic foreign body
871.6 Penetration of eyeball with (nonmagnetic) foreign body
871.7 Unspecified ocular penetration
871.9 Unspecified open wound of eyeball


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