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11.22 - Biopsy Of Cornea


The ICD 9 Code for Biopsy of cornea is listed as 11.22.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field Value
Procedure Code: 11.22
Description: Biopsy of cornea
Short Description: Corneal biopsy
Chapter: Operations on the eye
Subsection 1: Operations on cornea
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0898XZX - Drainage of Right Cornea, External Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0899XZX - Drainage of Left Cornea, External Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 08B8XZX - Excision of Right Cornea, External Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 08B9XZX - Excision of Left Cornea, External Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 11.22:
11.21 - Scraping of cornea for smear or culture
11.29 - Other diagnostic procedures on cornea