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S05

S05Injury of eye and orbit

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S05 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for injury of eye and orbit. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.

This code requires a 7th character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S05

A
initial encounter
D
subsequent encounter
S
sequela

Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

  • 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)

Includes

Conditions this code covers.

  • open wound of eye and orbit

Other codes that can never be billed with S05

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at S05. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading S05 alone.

  • S00Superficial injury of head
  • H05.5Retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of orbit
  • H21.0Hyphema
  • H43.0Vitreous prolapse
  • H44.6Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic
  • H44.7Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic

Risk adjustment

S05 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Code to one of these instead S05

10 child codes. Green means billable.

Questions about S05

Is S05 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
No. S05 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does S05 sit in the tabular list?
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the head (S00-S09).
ICD-10-CMFY2026-Apr· effective April 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release — see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.