S05.5
Header — not billablePenetrating wound with foreign body of eyeball
The ICD-10 code for penetrating wound with foreign body of eyeball is S05.5.
S05.5 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 3 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- S05.0Injury of conjunctiva and corneal abrasion without foreign bodynon-billable header
- S05.1Contusion of eyeball and orbital tissuesnon-billable header
- S05.2Ocular laceration and rupture with prolapse or loss of intraocular tissuenon-billable header
- S05.3Ocular laceration without prolapse or loss of intraocular tissuenon-billable header
- S05.4Penetrating wound of orbit with or without foreign bodynon-billable header
- S05.6Penetrating wound without foreign body of eyeballnon-billable header
- S05.7Avulsion of eyenon-billable header
- S05.8Other injuries of eye and orbitnon-billable header
- S05.9Unspecified injury of eye and orbitnon-billable header
- S05.5Penetrating wound with foreign body of eyeballnon-billable header