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ICD-10 diagnosis code

T15.8 Foreign body in other and multiple parts of external eye

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T15.8 is the ICD-10 code for Foreign body in other and multiple parts of external eye. It is a four-character subcategory of T15 (Foreign body on external eye), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block T15–T19 (Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice) 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 T15.8 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Foreign body in lacrimal punctum

T15.8 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

T15.8Främmande kropp i andra och multipla delar av ögats yttre strukturer

NorwayICD-10-NO

T15.8Fremmedlegeme annen spesifiset del av fremre øye

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DT158Fremmedlegeme andet sted på øjes ydre overflade

  • DT158AFremmedlegeme i punctum lacrimale
FinlandICD-10-FI

T15.8Silmän muussa tai useassa ulkoisessa osassa oleva vierasesine

GermanyICD-10-GM

T15.8Fremdkörper an sonstigen und mehreren Lokalisationen des äußeren Auges

FranceICD-10-FR

T15.8Corps étranger de localisations autres et multiples dans la partie externe de l'œil

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

T15.8corpus alienum op overige gespecificeerde en multipele delen van

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • T15.80XAForeign body in other and multiple parts of external eye, unspecified eye, initial encounter
  • T15.80XDForeign body in other and multiple parts of external eye, unspecified eye, subsequent encounter
  • T15.80XSForeign body in other and multiple parts of external eye, unspecified eye, sequela
  • T15.81XAForeign body in other and multiple parts of external eye, right eye, initial encounter
  • T15.81XDForeign body in other and multiple parts of external eye, right eye, subsequent encounter
  • T15.81XSForeign body in other and multiple parts of external eye, right eye, sequela
  • T15.82XAForeign body in other and multiple parts of external eye, left eye, initial encounter
  • T15.82XDForeign body in other and multiple parts of external eye, left eye, 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.

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