Ophthalmology and Optometry Coding Alert
Correction
Published on Mon Dec 15, 2014
The answer to the “You Be the Coder” question in Opthalmology Coding Alert Vol. 17 No. 10, “Multiple FBs,” suggested 871.6 (Penetration of eyeball with [nonmagnetic] foreign body) as the ICD-9 code to represent non-magnetic ocular foreign bodies in the patient’s cornea. The appropriate ICD-9 code would be 930.0 (Corneal foreign body). We apologize for our error.
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