Foreign body in ear (T16)

ICD-10 Index
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00–T98)
  - Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice (T15-T19)
    - - T16 - Foreign body in ear NON-BILLABLE CODE
      - T16.1 - Foreign body in right ear NON-BILLABLE CODE
      - T16.1XXA - Foreign body in right ear, initial encounter BILLABLE CODE
      - T16.1XXD - Foreign body in right ear, subsequent encounter BILLABLE CODE
      - T16.1XXS - Foreign body in right ear, sequela BILLABLE CODE
      - T16.2 - Foreign body in left ear NON-BILLABLE CODE
      - T16.2XXA - Foreign body in left ear, initial encounter BILLABLE CODE
      - T16.2XXD - Foreign body in left ear, subsequent encounter BILLABLE CODE
      - T16.2XXS - Foreign body in left ear, sequela BILLABLE CODE
      - T16.9 - Foreign body in ear, unspecified ear NON-BILLABLE CODE
      - T16.9XXA - Foreign body in ear, unspecified ear, initial encounter BILLABLE CODE
      - T16.9XXD - Foreign body in ear, unspecified ear, subsequent encounter BILLABLE CODE
      - T16.9XXS - Foreign body in ear, unspecified ear, sequela BILLABLE CODE

Instructional Notations

Includes Includes
This note appears immediately under a three character code title to further define, or give examples of, the content of the category.

foreign body in auditory canal

7th Character Note 7th Character Note
Certain ICD-10-CM categories have applicable 7th characters. The applicable 7th character is required for all codes within the category, or as the notes in the Tabular List instruct. The 7th character must always be the 7th character in the data field. If a code that requires a 7th character is not 6 characters, a placeholder X must be used to fill in the empty characters.

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T16

7th Character 7th Character
Indicates that a seventh character is to be assigned to codes in a subcategory.

A - initial encounter
D - subsequent encounter
S - sequela