DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

T16 Foreign body in ear

  • Header · not billable
  • Codes take a 7th character

T16 is not billable. The category heads 9 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 3 subdivisions. Its codes take a 7th character, so none is complete with fewer than 7 characters.

Index → code

  • Foreign bodyentering through orificeear (external) → T16.-

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 19 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  2. T15-T19 Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice (T15-T19)
  3. T16 Foreign body in ear
Billable codes
9
Subdivisions
3
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
1

Codes in T16

  1. T16.1
    Foreign body in right ear +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  2. T16.2
    Foreign body in left ear +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  3. T16.9
    Foreign body in ear, unspecified ear +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters

Sources of each column. Rows marked +7th need a 7th character: pick one to build the full code; its code card has its own flags.

Instructions

At T16

Includes

  • foreign body in auditory canal

Notes that also apply

Block T15-T19 instructions (Excludes2 4, Use additional code 1): printed on the block page.

Chapter 19 instructions (Notes 2, Excludes2 2, Use additional code 1): printed on the chapter 19 page.

7th characters

7th characters for T16 defined here

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T16

7th characters for T16
7thMeaning (NCHS)
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

A code that takes a 7th character is invalid without it; the placeholder X fills a code shorter than 6 characters (Official Guidelines I.A.5). How 7th characters work.

Index entries

  • Foreign bodyentering through orificeear (external) → T16.-

NCHS Alphabetic Index. Index first, then the Tabular List.

Hierarchy