T15.00XA
T15.00XA: Foreign body in cornea, unspecified eye, initial encounter
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMunspecified
T15.00XA is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for foreign body in cornea, unspecified eye, initial encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check T15.00XA with the rest of the claim: free scrubber7th character "A": initial encounter
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T15
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above T15.00XA
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on T15: Foreign body on external eye
- foreign body in penetrating wound of orbit and eye ball (S05.4-, S05.5-)
- open wound of eyelid and periocular area (S01.1-)
- retained foreign body in eyelid (H02.8-)
- retained (old) foreign body in penetrating wound of orbit and eye ball (H05.5-, H44.6-, H44.7-)
- superficial foreign body of eyelid and periocular area (S00.25-)
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
T15.00XA is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57637Billing and Coding: Visual Field Examination
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.