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ICD-10/T15-T19

T15-T19 ICD-10-CM Code: Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice

Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice (T15-T19) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (T15-T19). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission.

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for T15-T19 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

  • foreign body accidentally left in operation wound (T81.5-) Compare T15-T19 vs T81.5 →
  • foreign body in penetrating wound - See open wound by body region
  • residual foreign body in soft tissue (M79.5) Compare T15-T19 vs M79.5 →
  • splinter, without open wound - See superficial injury by body region

Use Additional Code

Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.

  • Use additional code, if known, for foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice (W44.-)

Change history

No changes recorded for this code — unchanged since the FY2016 baseline of the change ledger.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to T15-T19 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • T15 — Foreign body on external eye
  • T16 — Foreign body in ear
  • T17 — Foreign body in respiratory tract
  • T18 — Foreign body in alimentary tract
  • T19 — Foreign body in genitourinary tract