Burn of cornea and conjunctival sac, unspecified eye

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

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

• Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
• The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

external cause code to identify the source, place and intent of the burn (X00-X19, X75-X77, X96-X98, Y92)

• burns (thermal) from electrical heating appliances
• burns (thermal) from electricity
• burns (thermal) from flame
• burns (thermal) from friction
• burns (thermal) from hot air and hot gases
• burns (thermal) from hot objects
• burns (thermal) from lightning
• burns (thermal) from radiation
• chemical burn [corrosion] (external) (internal)
• scalds

• erythema [dermatitis] ab igne (L59.0)
• radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L55-L59)
• sunburn (L55.-)

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T26