ICD-10 category · Chapter XX · W20-W49

W44 Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice

81 codes under W44 in the South African Master Industry Table 2021, 70 valid for clinical use.

Valid: the code is at its most specific level and may go on an account. Heading only: code to a more specific entry beneath it. PMB and CDL: a Prescribed Minimum Benefit or Chronic Disease List condition per the Council for Medical Schemes. † dagger and * asterisk codes are used as a pair. How to read the table
CodeDescriptionUseBenefits
W44Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orificeHeading only—
W44.0Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, homeHeading only—
W44.00Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, home, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W44.01Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, home, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W44.02Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, home, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W44.03Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, home, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W44.04Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, home, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W44.08Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, home, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W44.09Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, home, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W44.1Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, residential institutionHeading only—
W44.10Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, residential institution, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W44.11Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, residential institution, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W44.12Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, residential institution, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W44.13Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, residential institution, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W44.14Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, residential institution, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W44.18Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, residential institution, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W44.19Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, residential institution, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W44.2Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, school, other institution and public administrative areaHeading only—
W44.20Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, school, other institution and public administrative area, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W44.21Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, school, other institution and public administrative area, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W44.22Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, school, other institution and public administrative area, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W44.23Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, school, other institution and public administrative area, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W44.24Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, school, other institution and public administrative area, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W44.28Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, school, other institution and public administrative area, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W44.29Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, school, other institution and public administrative area, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W44.3Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, sports and athletics areaHeading only—
W44.30Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, sports and athletics area, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W44.31Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, sports and athletics area, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W44.32Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, sports and athletics area, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W44.33Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, sports and athletics area, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W44.34Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, sports and athletics area, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W44.38Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, sports and athletics area, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W44.39Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, sports and athletics area, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W44.4Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, street and highwayHeading only—
W44.40Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, street and highway, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W44.41Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, street and highway, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W44.42Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, street and highway, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W44.43Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, street and highway, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W44.44Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, street and highway, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W44.48Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, street and highway, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W44.49Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, street and highway, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W44.5Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, trade and service areaHeading only—
W44.50Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, trade and service area, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W44.51Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, trade and service area, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W44.52Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, trade and service area, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W44.53Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, trade and service area, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W44.54Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, trade and service area, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W44.58Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, trade and service area, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W44.59Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, trade and service area, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W44.6Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, industrial and construction areaHeading only—
W44.60Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, industrial and construction area, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W44.61Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, industrial and construction area, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W44.62Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, industrial and construction area, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W44.63Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, industrial and construction area, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W44.64Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, industrial and construction area, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W44.68Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, industrial and construction area, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W44.69Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, industrial and construction area, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W44.7Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, farmHeading only—
W44.70Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, farm, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W44.71Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, farm, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W44.72Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, farm, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W44.73Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, farm, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W44.74Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, farm, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W44.78Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, farm, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W44.79Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, farm, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W44.8Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, other specified placesHeading only—
W44.80Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, other specified places, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W44.81Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, other specified places, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W44.82Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, other specified places, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W44.83Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, other specified places, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W44.84Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, other specified places, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W44.88Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, other specified places, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W44.89Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, other specified places, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W44.9Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, unspecified placeHeading only—
W44.90Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, unspecified place, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W44.91Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, unspecified place, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W44.92Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, unspecified place, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W44.93Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, unspecified place, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W44.94Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, unspecified place, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W44.98Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, unspecified place, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W44.99Foreign body entering into or through eye or natural orifice, unspecified place, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—

Source and terms

Reproduced from the national table, unaltered.

The Department publishes the table for the industry to load. The ICD-10 Master Industry Table page

Codes and descriptions: ICD-10 Master Industry Table (MIT) 2021, published 16 March 2021 by the National Department of Health, Republic of South Africa. ® National Department of Health: all rights reserved. Reproduced for reference without alteration.

ICD-10 is the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, © World Health Organization. The WHO ICD-10 descriptions appear as published in the MIT.

Prescribed Minimum Benefit (PMB) and Chronic Disease List (CDL) markers: Council for Medical Schemes, PMB Coded List, as read by GreenNotes. Benefit decisions rest with each medical scheme.

Source file: ICD-10_MIT_2021_Excel_16-March_2021.xlsx. Found an error in a code or description? Write to help@greennotes.co.za.

This lookup is a reference to the published code table, not coding advice. Code assignment is the treating practitioner’s responsibility, following the South African ICD-10 Coding Standards and Guidelines and the WHO ICD-10 volumes. GreenNotes does not warrant that the table is complete or current.
This is the South African table. Most ICD-10 results online are the United States’ ICD-10-CM, a different code set that South African medical schemes do not accept. Regulation 5 of the General Regulations under the Medical Schemes Act requires the diagnostic code on every account, and the Master Industry Table is the list it is coded from.

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