2007 ICD-9-CM Procedure 16.3 Evisceration of eyeball The surgical removal of the inner contents of the eye, leaving the sclera intact. It should be differentiated from ORBIT EVISCERATION which removes the entire contents of the orbit, including eyeball, blood vessels, muscles, fat, nerve supply, and periosteum. 16.3 is a non-specific code that should not be used to specify a procedure View the full Volume 3 16.* hierarchy