Kodex

Section

T26.8

Corrosions of other specified parts of eye and adnexa

Hierarchy

S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- T26-T28 Burns and corrosions confined to eye and internal organs (T26-T28)
  - T26 Burn and corrosion confined to eye and adnexa
    - T26.8 Corrosions of other specified parts of eye and adnexa
      - T26.80 Corrosions of other specified parts of unspecified eye and adnexa
      - T26.81 Corrosions of other specified parts of right eye and adnexa
      - T26.82 Corrosions of other specified parts of left eye and adnexa

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.

Code First

T26.8

(T51-T65) to identify chemical and intent
- T51-T65 Toxic effects of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source (T51-T65)

Use Additional

T26.8

external cause code to identify place (Y92)
- Y92 Place of occurrence of the external cause

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
- Z18 Retained foreign body fragments

Excludes 1

P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)