921.9 CONTUSION OF EYE NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 921.9

Short Description: Contusion of eye NOS

Long Description: Unspecified contusion of eye

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Contusion with intact skin surface (920-924)
      • 921 Contusion of eye and adnexa
        • 921.9 Contusion of eye NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 921.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Contusion (skin surface intact) 924.9
    • adnexa, eye NEC 921.9
    • eye NEC 921.9
  • Injury 959.9
    • eye 921.9
      • penetrating eyeball - see Injury, eyeball, penetrating
      • superficial 918.9

Crosswalk Information

The code 921.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
921.9 Right Arrow S05.90XA Unspecified injury of unspecified eye and orbit, init encntr
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
921.0 Black eye, not otherwise specified
921.1 Contusion of eyelids and periocular area
921.2 Contusion of orbital tissues
921.3 Contusion of eyeball


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