S05.0
Header — not billableInjury of conjunctiva and corneal abrasion without foreign body
The ICD-10 code for injury of conjunctiva and corneal abrasion without foreign body is S05.0.
S05.0 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 3 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- S05.1Contusion of eyeball and orbital tissuesnon-billable header
- S05.2Ocular laceration and rupture with prolapse or loss of intraocular tissuenon-billable header
- S05.3Ocular laceration without prolapse or loss of intraocular tissuenon-billable header
- S05.4Penetrating wound of orbit with or without foreign bodynon-billable header
- S05.5Penetrating wound with foreign body of eyeballnon-billable header
- S05.6Penetrating wound without foreign body of eyeballnon-billable header
- S05.7Avulsion of eyenon-billable header
- S05.8Other injuries of eye and orbitnon-billable header
- S05.9Unspecified injury of eye and orbitnon-billable header
- S05.0Injury of conjunctiva and corneal abrasion without foreign bodynon-billable header