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H02.81

Retained foreign body in eyelid

Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 17 never code together
H02.81code
Excludes1
  • laceration of eyelid with foreign body (S01.12-)S01.12-
  • retained intraocular foreign body (H44.6-, H44.7-)H44.6-H44.7-
  • superficial foreign body of eyelid and periocular area (S00.25-)S00.25-
H02code
Excludes1
  • congenital malformations of eyelid (Q10.0-Q10.3)Q10.0-Q10.3
H00-H05block
Excludes2
  • open wound of eyelid (S01.1-)S01.1-
  • superficial injury of eyelid (S00.1-, S00.2-)S00.1-S00.2-
H00-H59chapter
Excludes2
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
  • diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)E09.3-E10.3-E11.3-E13.3-
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
  • injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)S05.-
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
  • syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)A50.01A50.3-A51.43A52.71

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 2
H02.81code
Use additional code
  • code to identify the type of retained foreign body (Z18.-)Z18.-
H00-H59chapter
Notes
  • Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
Index entries leading here filed at null

No alphabetic index entry points at this code.

Alongside this code 8 same parent — H02.8
H02.82 Cysts of eyelid category H02.83 Dermatochalasis of eyelid category H02.84 Edema of eyelid category H02.85 Elephantiasis of eyelid category H02.86 Hypertrichosis of eyelid category H02.87 Vascular anomalies of eyelid category H02.88 Meibomian gland dysfunction of eyelid category H02.89 Other specified disorders of eyelid
Subordinate codes 7
H02.811 Retained foreign body in right upper eyelid H02.812 Retained foreign body in right lower eyelid H02.813 Retained foreign body in right eye, unspecified eyelid H02.814 Retained foreign body in left upper eyelid H02.815 Retained foreign body in left lower eyelid H02.816 Retained foreign body in left eye, unspecified eyelid H02.819 Retained foreign body in unspecified eye, unspecified eyelid
Additional references
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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable
no
Code set
FY2026
Parent
H02.8
Block
H00-H05
Siblings
8
Subordinate
7

Present FY2024–FY2027.