kodex

Kodex

T26.90XA

initial encounter

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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
        • T26.9 Corrosion of eye and adnexa, part unspecified
          • T26.90 Corrosion of unspecified eye and adnexa, part unspecified

Long Title

T26.90XA

  • Corrosion of unspecified eye and adnexa, part unspecified initial encounter

Notes

S00-T88

  • 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

T26.9

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

Use Additional

T26.9

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

S00-T88

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

Excludes 1

S00-T88

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