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10.21 - Biopsy Of Conjunctiva


The ICD 9 Code for Biopsy of conjunctiva is listed as 10.21.
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: 10.21
Description: Biopsy of conjunctiva
Short Description: Conjunctival biopsy
Chapter: Operations on the eye
Subsection 1: Operations on conjunctiva
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 089SXZX - Drainage of Right Conjunctiva, External Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 089TXZX - Drainage of Left Conjunctiva, External Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 08BSXZX - Excision of Right Conjunctiva, External Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 08BTXZX - Excision of Left Conjunctiva, External Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 10.21:
10.29 - Other diagnostic procedures on conjunctiva