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Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 940.5
Burn with resulting rupture and destruction of eyeball
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 940.5 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 940.5 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 940.5 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM T26.20XA Burn with resulting rupture and destruction of unspecified eyeball, initial encounter
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM T26.70XA Corrosion with resulting rupture and destruction of unspecified eyeball, initial encounter
Approximate Synonyms
  • Burn of left eye w globe rupture
  • Burn of left eye with globe rupture
  • Burn of right eye w globe rupture
  • Burn of right eye with globe rupture
  • Chemical burn of left eye w globe rupture
  • Chemical burn of left eye with globe rupture
  • Chemical burn of right eye w globe rupture
  • Chemical burn of right eye with globe rupture
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 940.5:
  • Burn (acid) (cathode ray) (caustic) (chemical) (electric heating appliance) (electricity) (fire) (flame) (hot liquid or object) (irradiation) (lime) (radiation) (steam) (thermal) (x-ray) 949.0
    • eye(s) (and adnexa) (only) 940.9
      • with
        • face, head, or neck 941.02
        • other sites (classifiable to more than one category in 940-945) - see Burn, multiple, specified sites
        • resulting rupture and destruction of eyeball 940.5
      • specified part - see Burn, by site
    • eyeball - see also Burn, eye
      • with resulting rupture and destruction of eyeball 940.5
  • Rupture, ruptured 553.9
    • eye (without prolapse of intraocular tissue) 871.0
      • with
        • exposure of intraocular tissue 871.1
        • partial loss of intraocular tissue 871.2
        • prolapse of intraocular tissue 871.1
      • due to burn 940.5
 940.4 ICD9Data.com 940.9 
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