S05.6

Penetrating wound without foreign body of eyeball

Requires 7th character

S05.6 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Ocular penetration NOS

Includes (from S05)

  • injuries of ear
  • injuries of eye
  • injuries of face [any part]
  • injuries of gum
  • injuries of jaw
  • injuries of oral cavity
  • injuries of palate
  • injuries of periocular area
  • injuries of scalp
  • injuries of temporomandibular joint area
  • injuries of tongue
  • injuries of tooth
  • open wound of eye and orbit
  • Note: 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
  • Note: The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • birth trauma (P10-P15) (from S05)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71) (from S05)
  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32) (from S05)
  • effects of foreign body in ear (T16) (from S05)
  • effects of foreign body in larynx (T17.3) (from S05)
  • effects of foreign body in mouth NOS (T18.0) (from S05)
  • effects of foreign body in nose (T17.0-T17.1) (from S05)
  • effects of foreign body in pharynx (T17.2) (from S05)
  • effects of foreign body on external eye (T15.-) (from S05)
  • frostbite (T33-T34) (from S05)
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4) (from S05)
  • 2nd cranial [optic] nerve injury (S04.0-) (from S05)
  • 3rd cranial [oculomotor] nerve injury (S04.1-) (from S05)
  • open wound of eyelid and periocular area (S01.1-) (from S05)
  • orbital bone fracture (S02.1-, S02.3-, S02.8-) (from S05)
  • superficial injury of eyelid (S00.1-S00.2) (from S05)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-) (from S05)

Code also

An additional code may be needed.

  • for any associated infection (from S05)

7th character

This code requires a 7th character (defined at S05). Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.

CharacterMeaning
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

Also known as

  • Ocular penetration NOS
  • Injury, eyeball, penetrating
  • Laceration, eye, penetrating
  • Puncture, eyeball
  • Wound, open, ocular, eyeball

Parent code

  • S05Injury of eye and orbitNeeds 7th char

More specific codes S05.6

  • S05.60Penetrating wound without foreign body of unspecified eyeballNeeds 7th char
  • S05.61Penetrating wound without foreign body of right eyeballNeeds 7th char
  • S05.62Penetrating wound without foreign body of left eyeballNeeds 7th char

Related codes

  • S05.0Injury of conjunctiva and corneal abrasion without foreign bodyNeeds 7th char
  • S05.1Contusion of eyeball and orbital tissuesNeeds 7th char
  • S05.2Ocular laceration and rupture with prolapse or loss of intraocular tissueNeeds 7th char
  • S05.3Ocular laceration without prolapse or loss of intraocular tissueNeeds 7th char
  • S05.4Penetrating wound of orbit with or without foreign bodyNeeds 7th char
  • S05.5Penetrating wound with foreign body of eyeballNeeds 7th char
  • S05.7Avulsion of eyeNeeds 7th char
  • S05.8Other injuries of eye and orbitNeeds 7th char
  • S05.9Unspecified injury of eye and orbitNeeds 7th char

Browse