918.9 - Other And Unspecified Superficial Injuries Of Eye
The ICD 9 Code for Other and unspecified superficial injuries of eye is listed as 918.9.
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: | 918.9 |
| Long Description: | Other and unspecified superficial injuries of eye |
| Short Description: | Superficial inj eye NEC |
| Chapter: | Injury And Poisoning |
| Block: | Superficial Injury (910-919) |
| Related Descriptions: |
Blister to cornea
Eye injury from lightning Injury of lacrimal passage Injury of lens Injury of orbit proper Insect bite of eye region Scratch of eye region Superficial abrasion of eye region structure Superficial injury of eye Superficial injury of eye AND/OR adnexa Traumatic blister of eye region Wood splinter in eye region |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | S05.90XA - Unspecified injury of unspecified eye and orbit, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 918.9: | |
| 918.0 - Superficial injury of eyelids and periocular area | |
| 918.1 - Superficial injury of cornea | |
| 918.2 - Superficial injury of conjunctiva | |