H44.7
Header — not billableRetained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic
The ICD-10 code for retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic is H44.7.
H44.7 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 7 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- current intraocular foreign body (S05.-)
Excludes2 (not included here)
An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of this one, but a patient can have both at the same time — in that case both codes may be reported together.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •If the associated manifestation or related condition noted above is also documented, an additional code should be reported alongside this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under H44.7
- H44.70Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagneticnon-billable header
- H44.71Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in anterior chambernon-billable header
- H44.72Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in iris or ciliary bodynon-billable header
- H44.73Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in lensnon-billable header
- H44.74Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in posterior wall of globenon-billable header
- H44.75Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in vitreous bodynon-billable header
- H44.79Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic, in other or multiple sitesnon-billable header
Related codes in this category
- H44.0Purulent endophthalmitisnon-billable header
- H44.1Other endophthalmitisnon-billable header
- H44.2Degenerative myopianon-billable header
- H44.3Other and unspecified degenerative disorders of globenon-billable header
- H44.4Hypotony of eyenon-billable header
- H44.5Degenerated conditions of globenon-billable header
- H44.6Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magneticnon-billable header
- H44.8Other disorders of globenon-billable header
- H44.9Unspecified disorder of globe
- H44.7Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagneticnon-billable header