Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, in other or multiple sites, left eye

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, in other or multiple sites, left eye

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

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Emesis
Retching
Granuloma > talc
Foreign body > iris
Foreign body > lens
Regurgitation > food
Foreign body > granuloma
Retention > foreign body
Reaction > foreign > body NEC
Foreign body > retained > iris
Foreign body > retained > lens
Foreign body > lacrimal punctum
Foreign body > retained > globe
Aspiration > syndrome of newborn
Regurgitation > gastric contents
Myositis > foreign body granuloma
Pneumonia > neonatal > aspiration
Syndrome > aspiration, of newborn
Foreign body > retained > vitreous
Asphyxia, asphyxiation > inhalation
Foreign body > retained > intraocular
Foreign body > retained > ciliary body
Rupture, ruptured > globe > nontraumatic
Disorder > globe > foreign body, retained
Foreign body > retained > iris > magnetic
Foreign body > retained > lens > magnetic
Foreign body > retained > anterior chamber
Foreign body > retained > globe > magnetic
Foreign body > retained > vitreous > magnetic
Heterochromia > retained metallic foreign body
Foreign body > retained > intraocular > magnetic
Foreign body > entering through orifice > eyeball
Foreign body > retained > ciliary body > magnetic
Foreign body > retained > posterior wall of globe
Foreign body > retained > anterior chamber > magnetic
Heterochromia > retained metallic foreign body > magnetic
Foreign body > entering through orifice > lacrimal apparatus
Foreign body > retained > posterior wall of globe > magnetic
Foreign body > entering through orifice > tear ducts or glands
Foreign body > intraocular > old, retained > magnetic > specified site NEC

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H44.691	Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, in other or multiple sites, right eye	Valid
H44.693	Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, in other or multiple sites, bilateral	Valid
H44.699	Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, in other or multiple sites, unspecified eye	Valid