T26.5 is the authoritative medical code for Corrosion of eyelid and periocular area. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for corrosion of eyelid and periocular area (ICD-10-CM T26.5), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for T26.5 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Underlying conditions that must be sequenced before this code.
Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.
No. T26.5 (Corrosion of eyelid and periocular area) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.
Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T26.
Yes. Code first: (T51-T65) to identify chemical and intent.
Use additional code(s) to specify: external cause code to identify place (Y92).