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16.91 - Retrobulbar Injection Of Therapeutic Agent


The ICD 9 Code for Retrobulbar injection of therapeutic agent is listed as 16.91.
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: 16.91
Description: Retrobulbar injection of therapeutic agent
Short Description: Retrobulbar injection
Chapter: Operations on the eye
Subsection 1: Operations on orbit and eyeball
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 3E0C329 - Introduction of Other Anti-infective into Eye, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 3E0C33Z - Introduction of Anti-inflammatory into Eye, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 3E0C3BZ - Introduction of Local Anesthetic into Eye, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 3E0C3GC - Introduction of Other Therapeutic Substance into Eye, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 3E0C3HZ - Introduction of Radioactive Substance into Eye, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 3E0C3KZ - Introduction of Other Diagnostic Substance into Eye, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 3E0C3TZ - Introduction of Destructive Agent into Eye, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 16.91:
16.92 - Excision of lesion of orbit
16.93 - Excision of lesion of eye, unspecified structure
16.98 - Other operations on orbit
16.99 - Other operations on eyeball