Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 7 more specific codes instead:

H44.60 Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic (also a header)
H44.61 Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in anterior chamber (also a header)
H44.62 Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in iris or ciliary body (also a header)
H44.63 Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in lens (also a header)
H44.64 Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in posterior wall of globe (also a header)
H44.65 Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in vitreous body (also a header)
H44.69 Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, in other or multiple sites (also a header)

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from H44 Disorders of globe

Includes

disorders affecting multiple structures of eye

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H44.0	Purulent endophthalmitis	Not billable
H44.1	Other endophthalmitis	Not billable
H44.2	Degenerative myopia	Not billable
H44.3	Other and unspecified degenerative disorders of globe	Not billable
H44.4	Hypotony of eye	Not billable
H44.5	Degenerated conditions of globe	Not billable
H44.7	Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic	Not billable
H44.8	Other disorders of globe	Not billable
H44.9	Unspecified disorder of globe	Valid