Retained radioactive fragments

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 2 more specific codes instead:

Z18.01 Retained depleted uranium fragments
Z18.09 Other retained radioactive fragments

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 radioactive fragments

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 Z18 Retained foreign body fragments

Excludes1 - never coded here

artificial joint prosthesis status (Z96.6-)
foreign body accidentally left during a procedure (T81.5-)
foreign body entering through orifice (T15-T19)
in situ cardiac device (Z95.-)
organ or tissue replaced by means other than transplant (Z96.-, Z97.-)
organ or tissue replaced by transplant (Z94.-)
personal history of retained foreign body fully removed Z87.821
superficial foreign body (non-embedded splinter) - code to superficial foreign body, by site

Includes

embedded fragment (status)
embedded splinter (status)
retained foreign body status

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Z18.1	Retained metal fragments	Not billable
Z18.2	Retained plastic fragments	Valid
Z18.3	Retained organic fragments	Not billable
Z18.8	Other specified retained foreign body	Not billable
Z18.9	Retained foreign body fragments, unspecified material	Valid