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16.31 - Removal Of Ocular Contents With Synchronous Implant Into Scleral Shell


The ICD 9 Code for Removal of ocular contents with synchronous implant into scleral shell is listed as 16.31.
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: 16.31
Description: Removal of ocular contents with synchronous implant into scleral shell
Short Description: Eye evisc w synch implan
Chapter: Operations on the eye
Subsection 1: Operations on orbit and eyeball
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 08R00JZ - Replacement of Right Eye with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 08R10JZ - Replacement of Left Eye with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 16.31:
16.39 - Other evisceration of eyeball