VITiếng Việt
ICD-10 Vietnam

T15Foreign body on external eye

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Chapter XIX
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
Group T15-T19
Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice
Official Vietnamese name
Dị vật ở mắt ngoài
Additional WHO coding guidance
Excl.: foreign body in penetrating wound of: orbit and eyeball (S05.4-S05.5) orbit and eyeball retained (old) (H05.5, H44.6-H44.7) retained foreign body in eyelid (H02.8)

Related T15 codes

T15.0 Primary diagnosis candidate Foreign body in cornea T15.1 Primary diagnosis candidate Foreign body in conjunctival sac T15.8 Primary diagnosis candidate Foreign body in other and multiple parts of external eye T15.9 Primary diagnosis candidate Foreign body on external eye, part unspecified

Clinical record checklist

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  • Confirm that the code matches the final documented diagnosis.
  • Use one primary-diagnosis code and record only relevant additional conditions.
  • Review Ministry indicators, inclusions, exclusions and notes.
  • Do not infer a diagnosis beyond the clinical record.

2026 regulatory basis

Indicators are taken from columns 24–29 of the classification accompanying Circular 06/2026/TT-BYT, cross-referenced with Decision 1849/QĐ-BYT and Official Dispatch 4059/BYT-BH.