S05.5: Penetrating wound of eyeball with foreign body
You have injured your eye.
You have an open wound to your eye. The injury has been caused by a foreign body getting into your eye.
When the eye gets injured, it may be painful. The eye may turn red. It can impair vision in the eye concerned.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Further information
Source
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