S05.4
Header — not billablePenetrating wound of orbit with or without foreign body
The ICD-10 code for penetrating wound of orbit with or without foreign body is S05.4.
S05.4 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
Excludes2 (not included here)
An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of this one, but a patient can have both at the same time — in that case both codes may be reported together.
- retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound in orbit (H05.5-)
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.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- S05.0Injury of conjunctiva and corneal abrasion without foreign bodynon-billable header
- 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
- S05.5Penetrating 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
- S05.4Penetrating wound of orbit with or without foreign bodynon-billable header