918.1 SUPERFICIAL INJ CORNEA

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Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 918.1

Short Description: Superficial inj cornea

Long Description: Superficial injury of cornea

Code Classification:

Injury and poisoning (800–999)
- Superficial injury (910-919)
  - 918 Superficial injury of eye and adnexa
    - 918.1 Superficial inj cornea

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 918.1 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Abrasion - see also Injury, superficial, by site
- cornea 918.1

Erosion
- cornea (recurrent) (see also Keratitis) 371.42
  - traumatic 918.1

Injury 959.9
- cornea 921.3
  - abrasion 918.1
  - superficial 918.1
    - due to contact lens 371.82
- superficial 919
  - cornea 918.1
    - due to contact lens 371.82

Laceration - see also Wound, open, by site
- cornea - see Laceration, eyeball
  - superficial 918.1

Crosswalk Information

The code 918.1 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code		ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
918.1		S05.00XA	Inj conjunctiva and corneal abrasion w/o fb, unsp eye, 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
918.0	Superficial injury of eyelids and periocular area
918.2	Superficial injury of conjunctiva
918.9	Other and unspecified superficial injuries of eye

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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