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870.3 - Penetrating Wound Of Orbit, Without Mention Of Foreign Body


The ICD 9 Code for Penetrating wound of orbit, without mention of foreign body is listed as 870.3.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 870.3
Long Description: Penetrating wound of orbit, without mention of foreign body
Short Description: Penetr wnd orbit w/o FB
Chapter: Injury And Poisoning
Block: Open Wound Of Head, Neck, And Trunk (870-879)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: S05.40XA - Penetrating wound of orbit with or without foreign body, unspecified eye, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 870.3:
870.0 - Laceration of skin of eyelid and periocular area
870.1 - Laceration of eyelid, full-thickness, not involving lacrimal passages
870.2 - Laceration of eyelid involving lacrimal passages
870.4 - Penetrating wound of orbit with foreign body
870.8 - Other specified open wounds of ocular adnexa
870.9 - Unspecified open wound of ocular adnexa