ND70.0

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Foreign body in cornea

Index terms

  • Foreign body in cornea
  • corneal contusion with foreign body
  • incrustation of cornea with foreign body
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  • superficial injury of cornea with foreign body

Exclusions from above levels

  • NA06.03 – Retained foreign body in eyelid
  • NA06.2 – Retained foreign body following penetrating wound of orbit
  • FB56.1 – Residual foreign body in soft tissue
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  • PL11.3 – foreign body accidentally left in operation wound
  • FB80.7 – Malunion of fracture
  • FB80.8 – Nonunion of fracture
  • FB80.A – Stress fracture, not elsewhere classified
  • FB80.B – Pathological fracture
  • http://id.who.int/icd/entity/624443803 – Birth injury
  • JB0A – Certain specified obstetric trauma

Sibling codes

  • ND70.1 – Foreign body in conjunctival sac
  • ND70.2 – Foreign body in multiple parts of external eye
  • ND70.Y – Foreign body in other specified part of external eye
  • ND70.Z – Foreign body on external eye, unspecified

Foundation entity

Foreign body in cornea – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1421032401

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: ND70: Foreign body on external eye › 22: Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes