Retained depleted uranium fragments

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 2011 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.

FY2011 Added to the draft code set draft Retained depleted uranium 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

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.

Retained
Retention
Postsurgery status
Foreign body > fragment
Retention > foreign body
Status > embedded splinter
Status > embedded fragments
Status > retained foreign body
Foreign body > type of fragment
Foreign body > retained > fragments
Fragments, cataract, following cataract surgery > retained foreign body
Retained > fragments > depleted uranium
Retained > foreign body fragments > depleted uranium

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Z18.09	Other retained radioactive fragments	Valid