11.21 - Scraping Of Cornea For Smear Or Culture
The ICD 9 Code for Scraping of cornea for smear or culture is listed as 11.21.
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: | 11.21 |
| Description: | Scraping of cornea for smear or culture |
| Short Description: | Corneal scrape for smear |
| Chapter: | Operations on the eye |
| Subsection 1: | Operations on cornea |
| ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD 10 PCS Code: | 08D8XZX - Extraction of Right Cornea, External Approach, Diagnostic (approximate) |
| ICD 10 PCS Code: | 08D8XZZ - Extraction of Right Cornea, External Approach (approximate) |
| ICD 10 PCS Code: | 08D9XZX - Extraction of Left Cornea, External Approach, Diagnostic (approximate) |
| ICD 10 PCS Code: | 08D9XZZ - Extraction of Left Cornea, External Approach (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 11.21: | |
| 11.22 - Biopsy of cornea | |
| 11.29 - Other diagnostic procedures on cornea | |