871.6 PENETRAT FB NEC EYE

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Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 871.6

Short Description: Penetrat FB NEC eye

Long Description: Penetration of eyeball with (nonmagnetic) foreign body

Code Classification:

Injury and poisoning (800–999)
- Open wound of head, neck, and trunk (870-879)
  - 871 Open wound of eyeball
    - 871.6 Penetrat FB NEC eye

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 871.6 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Foreign body
- ciliary body (eye) 871.6
  - magnetic 871.5
    - retained or old 360.52
  - retained or old 360.62
- entering through orifice (current) (old)
  - globe 930.8
    - penetrating 871.6
      - magnetic 871.5
        retained or old 360.50
      - retained or old 360.60
- intraocular (nonmagnetic) 871.6
  - combined sites 871.6
    - magnetic 871.5
      - retained or old 360.59
    - retained or old 360.69
  - magnetic 871.5
    - retained or old 360.50
  - retained or old 360.60
  - specified site NEC 871.6
    - magnetic 871.5
      - retained or old 360.59
    - retained or old 360.69
- iris (nonmagnetic) 871.6
  - magnetic 871.5
    - retained or old 360.52
  - retained or old 360.62
- lens (nonmagnetic) 871.6
  - magnetic 871.5
    - retained or old 360.53
  - retained or old 360.63
- posterior wall, eye 871.6
  - magnetic 871.5
    - retained or old 360.55
  - retained or old 360.65
- retina 871.6
  - magnetic 871.5
    - retained or old 360.55
  - retained or old 360.65
- vitreous (humor) 871.6
  - magnetic 871.5
    - retained or old 360.54
  - retained or old 360.64

Injury 959.9
- eyeball 921.3
  - penetrating 871.7
    - foreign body (nonmagnetic) 871.6
      - magnetic 871.5

Penetrating wound - see also Wound, open, by site
- eyeball 871.7
  - with foreign body (nonmagnetic) 871.6
    - magnetic 871.5

Wound, open (by cutting or piercing instrument) (by firearms) (cut) (dissection) (incised) (laceration) (penetration) (perforating) (puncture) (with initial hemorrhage, not internal) 879.8
- intraocular 871.9
  - penetrating 871.7
    - with foreign body (nonmagnetic) 871.6
      - magnetic 871.5

Crosswalk Information

The code 871.6 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code		ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
871.6		S05.50XA	Penetrating wound w foreign body of unsp eyeball, init

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
871.3	Avulsion of eye
871.4	Unspecified laceration of eye
871.5	Penetration of eyeball with magnetic foreign body
871.7	Unspecified ocular penetration
871.9	Unspecified open wound of eyeball

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