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Specific code 2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 870.4
Penetrating wound of orbit with foreign body
  • Short description: PENETRAT WND ORBIT W FB.
  • ICD-9-CM 870.4 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 870.4 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).
  • You are viewing the 2007 version of ICD-9-CM 870.4.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 870.4: 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 870.4 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S05.40XA Penetrating wound of orbit with or without foreign body, unspecified eye, initial encounter
870.4 Excludes
  • retained (old) foreign body in orbit (376.6)
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 870.4:
  • Foreign body
    • ocular muscle 870.4
    • orbit 870.4
  • Injury 959.9
    • orbit, orbital (region) 921.2
      • penetrating 870.3
        • with foreign body 870.4
        • lobe - see Injury, intracranial
  • Laceration - see also Wound, open, by site
    • ocular NEC (see also Laceration, eyeball) 871.4
      • adnexa NEC 870.8
        • penetrating 870.3
          • with foreign body 870.4
    • orbit (eye) 870.8
      • penetrating 870.3
        • with foreign body 870.4
  • Penetrating wound - see also Wound, open, by site
    • ocular (see also Penetrating wound, eyeball) 871.7
      • adnexa 870.3
        • with foreign body 870.4
    • orbit 870.3
      • with foreign body 870.4
  • Wound, open (by cutting or piercing instrument) (by firearms) (cut) (dissection) (incised) (laceration) (penetration) (perforating) (puncture) (with initial hemorrhage, not internal) 879.8
    • ocular NEC 871.9
      • adnexa 870.9
        • specified region NEC 870.8
      • laceration (see also Laceration, ocular) 871.4
      • muscle (extraocular) 870.3
        • with foreign body 870.4
        • eyelid 870.1
        • intraocular - see Wound, open, eyeball
      • penetrating (see also Penetrating wound, ocular) 871.7
    • orbit 870.8
      • penetrating 870.3
        • with foreign body 870.4
 870.3 ICD9Data.com 870.8 
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