T26

Non-billableSave

Burn and corrosion confined to eye and adnexa

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Coding Guidance

T26 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More Specific Codes (10)

T26.0Burn of eyelid and periocular areaCategory→T26.1Burn of cornea and conjunctival sacCategory→T26.2Burn with resulting rupture and destruction of eyeballCategory→T26.3Burns of other specified parts of eye and adnexaCategory→T26.4Burn of eye and adnexa, part unspecifiedCategory→T26.5Corrosion of eyelid and periocular areaCategory→T26.6Corrosion of cornea and conjunctival sacCategory→T26.7Corrosion with resulting rupture and destruction of eyeballCategory→T26.8Corrosions of other specified parts of eye and adnexaCategory→T26.9Corrosion of eye and adnexa, part unspecifiedCategory→

Chapter Information

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for T26

Burn of eyelid and periocular area

T26.0›

Burn of cornea and conjunctival sac

T26.1›

Burn with resulting rupture and destruction of eyeball

T26.2›

Burns of other specified parts of eye and adnexa

T26.3›

Burn of eye and adnexa, part unspecified

T26.4›

Corrosion of eyelid and periocular area

T26.5›

Corrosion of cornea and conjunctival sac

T26.6›

Corrosion with resulting rupture and destruction of eyeball

T26.7›

Corrosions of other specified parts of eye and adnexa

T26.8›

Corrosion of eye and adnexa, part unspecified

T26.9›

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