H44.799
Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic, in other or multiple sites, unspecified eye
H44.799 (also written H44799) is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic, in other or multiple sites, unspecified eye. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. It is one of the 158 codes in category H44 (Disorders of globe). 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.
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