T26.70

Corrosion with resulting rupture and destruction of unspecified eyeball

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 2 never code together

Excludes2

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 5

Code first

Use additional code

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

Index entries leading here 1

Corrosion (injury) (acid) (caustic) (chemical) (lime) (external) (internal) T30.4
- eye (s) and adnexa T26.9
  - with resulting rupture and destruction of eyeball T26.7

Alongside this code 2 same parent — T26.7

Additional references

AHA Coding Clinic® Licence required

Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

Presence is a property of the code. Untick a model to hide it everywhere.

Present FY2024–FY2027.