S05.8X9
Other injuries of unspecified eye and orbit
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 2 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 16 never code together
S05code
S00-S09block
Excludes2
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)T20-T32
- effects of foreign body in ear (T16)T16
- effects of foreign body in larynx (T17.3)T17.3
- effects of foreign body in mouth NOS (T18.0)T18.0
- effects of foreign body in nose (T17.0-T17.1)T17.0-T17.1
- effects of foreign body in pharynx (T17.2)T17.2
- effects of foreign body on external eye (T15.-)T15.-
- frostbite (T33-T34)T33-T34
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)T63.4
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
7th character 3
A initial encounter
D subsequent encounter
S sequela
Instructional notes 18
S05.8code
Inclusion terms
- Lacrimal duct injury
S05code
Includes
- open wound of eye and orbit
S00-S09block
Includes
- 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
Code also
- for any associated infection
S00-T88chapter
Notes
- 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
- 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.
Use additional code
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)Z18.-
Index entries leading here 10
- Contusion (skin surface intact) T14.8
- Berlin's disease or edema (traumatic) S05.8X
- Edema, edematous (infectious) (pitting) (toxic) R60.9
- Berlin's (traumatic) S05.8X
- Blindness (acquired) (congenital) (both eyes) H54.0X
- Blast (air) (hydraulic) (immersion) (underwater)
- blindness S05.8X
- Commotio, commotion (current)
- retinae S05.8X
- Concussion (brain) (cerebral) (current) S06.0X9
- ocular S05.8X
- Dislocation (articular)
- Injury T14.90
- Wound, open T14.8
Alongside this code 2 same parent — S05.8X
Subordinate codes 3
Medications 3
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
Additional references
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