H44.7
Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic
H44.7 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are H44.70 Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic; H44.71 Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in anterior chamber; H44.72 Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in iris or ciliary body; H44.73 Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in lens and 3 more. Its coding notes include a Use additional code instruction, 1 Excludes1 entry and 14 Excludes2 entries.
Use additional code
Add the listed code as a secondary code, if known.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
- current intraocular foreign body (S05.-)
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (11 notes)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)
Includes
Further defines or gives examples of the content of the category.
- disorders affecting multiple structures of eye
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
- Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
More specific codes under H44.7 7
- H44.70Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagneticHeader
- H44.71Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in anterior chamberHeader
- H44.72Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in iris or ciliary bodyHeader
- H44.73Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in lensHeader
- H44.74Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in posterior wall of globeHeader
- H44.75Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in vitreous bodyHeader
- H44.79Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic, in other or multiple sitesHeader