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ICD-10-CM H44.6: Retained (old) intraocular forei… · Codelle

ICD-10-CM/H44/H44.6

H44.6

ICD-10-CM

Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic

Clinical Notes

Excludes 1 · Not coded here

current intraocular foreign body (S05.-)

Excludes 2 · Not included here

retained foreign body in eyelid (H02.81-)
retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of orbit (H05.5-)
retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic (H44.7-)

Use additional code

code to identify magnetic foreign body (Z18.11)

Code Hierarchy

▲H44Disorders of globe

H44.6(current)

Subcodes (7)

H44.60Unsp retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic

H44.61Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in anterior chamber

H44.62Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in iris or ciliary body

H44.63Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in lens

H44.64Retained (old) magnetic fb in posterior wall of globe

H44.65Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in vitreous body

H44.69Retained (old) intraoc fb, magnet, in oth or multiple sites

Same Category

H44Disorders of globe H44.0Purulent endophthalmitis H44.00Unspecified purulent endophthalmitis H44.001Unspecified purulent endophthalmitis, right eye H44.002Unspecified purulent endophthalmitis, left eye

H44.003Unspecified purulent endophthalmitis, bilateral

H44.009Unspecified purulent endophthalmitis, unspecified eye

H44.01Panophthalmitis (acute)

H44.011Panophthalmitis (acute), right eye

H44.012Panophthalmitis (acute), left eye

+5 more in this category

Code History

Added in FY2024
Active (FY2026)

Change History

FY2026 snapshotRetained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic
FY2025 snapshotRetained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic
FY2024 snapshotRetained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic