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S05.10XD

S05.10XD: Contusion of eyeball and orbital tissues, unspecified eye, subsequent encounter

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exemptunspecified

S05.10XD is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for contusion of eyeball and orbital tissues, unspecified eye, subsequent encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check S05.10XD with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

7th character "D": subsequent encounter

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S05

A
initial encounter
D
subsequent encounter
S
sequela

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S05.10XD

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on S05.1: Contusion of eyeball and orbital tissues

  • black eye NOS (S00.1)
  • contusion of eyelid and periocular area (S00.1)

Written on S05: Injury of eye and orbit

  • 2nd cranial [optic] nerve injury (S04.0-)
  • 3rd cranial [oculomotor] nerve injury (S04.1-)
  • open wound of eyelid and periocular area (S01.1-)
  • orbital bone fracture (S02.1-, S02.3-, S02.8-)
  • superficial injury of eyelid (S00.1-S00.2)

Other codes that can never be billed with S05.10XD

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • H44.6Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic
  • H44.7Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic
  • S00Superficial injury of head

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

S05.10XD is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A56537Billing and Coding: Scanning Computerized Ophthalmic Diagnostic Imaging (SCODI)
  • A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
  • A57637Billing and Coding: Visual Field Examination

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under S05.10

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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