S05
ICD-10Non-billable categoryInjury of eye and orbit
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Injury of eye and orbit
S05 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Includes
- open wound of eye and orbit
Excludes2
Not included here. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.
- 2nd cranial [optic] nerve injury (S04.0-)
- 3rd cranial [oculomotor] nerve injury (S04.1-)
- open wound of eyelid and periocular area (S01.1-)
- orbital bone fracture (S02.1-, S02.3-, S02.8-)
- superficial injury of eyelid (S00.1-S00.2)
7th character
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S05
Permitted 7th characters
| A | initial encounter |
| D | subsequent encounter |
| S | sequela |
More specific codes under S05
- S05.0Injury of conjunctiva and corneal abrasion w/o foreign bodycategory
- S05.1Contusion of eyeball and orbital tissuescategory
- S05.2Ocular lac/rupt w prolapse or loss of intraocular tissuecategory
- S05.3Ocular laceration w/o prolapse or loss of intraocular tissuecategory
- S05.4Penetrating wound of orbit with or without foreign bodycategory
- S05.5Penetrating wound with foreign body of eyeballcategory
- S05.6Penetrating wound without foreign body of eyeballcategory
- S05.7Avulsion of eyecategory
- S05.8Other injuries of eye and orbitcategory
- S05.9Unspecified injury of eye and orbitcategory
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.