S05.5 is the ICD-10 code for Penetrating wound of eyeball with foreign body. It is a four-character subcategory of S05 (Injury of eye and orbit), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block S00–S09 (Injuries to the head) in Chapter XIX, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
- Code type
- Subcategory (4 characters)
- Chapter
- XIX · S00–T98
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
What S05.5 excludes
Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.
- retained (old) intraocular foreign body H44.6-H44.7
S05.5 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
S05.5Penetrerende sår i øyeeple med fremmedlegeme
DS055Penetrerende sår i øjeæble med fremmedlegeme
- DS055APerforerende sår i øjeæble med fremmedlegeme
S05.5Silmämunaan tunkeutuva haava ja vierasesine
S05.5Penetrierende Wunde des Augapfels mit Fremdkörper
S05.5Plaie pénétrante du globe oculaire, avec corps étranger
S05.5penetrerende verwonding van oogbol met corpus alienum
Listed through more specific codes:
- S05.50XAPenetrating wound with foreign body of unspecified eyeball, initial encounter
- S05.50XDPenetrating wound with foreign body of unspecified eyeball, subsequent encounter
- S05.50XSPenetrating wound with foreign body of unspecified eyeball, sequela
- S05.51XAPenetrating wound with foreign body of right eyeball, initial encounter
- S05.51XDPenetrating wound with foreign body of right eyeball, subsequent encounter
- S05.51XSPenetrating wound with foreign body of right eyeball, sequela
- S05.52XAPenetrating wound with foreign body of left eyeball, initial encounter
- S05.52XDPenetrating wound with foreign body of left eyeball, subsequent encounter
- and 1 more national subcodes
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
Look up another code
Stop looking codes up by hand
Docdemic listens to the consultation, writes the note and suggests the diagnosis and procedure codes that fit it, each one checked against your country’s official code list.
Try Docdemic free