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H05.5

Retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of orbit

Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 17 never code together
H05code
Excludes1
  • congenital malformation of orbit (Q10.7)Q10.7
H05.5code
Excludes1
Excludes2
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 3
H05.5code
Inclusion terms
  • Retrobulbar foreign body
Use additional code
  • code to identify the type of retained foreign body (Z18.-)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 1
Alongside this code 7 same parent — H05
H05.0 Acute inflammation of orbit category H05.1 Chronic inflammatory disorders of orbit category H05.2 Exophthalmic conditions category H05.3 Deformity of orbit category H05.4 Enophthalmos category H05.8 Other disorders of orbit category H05.9 Unspecified disorder of orbit
Subordinate codes 4
H05.50 Retained (old) fb following penetrating wound of unsp orbit H05.51 Retained (old) fb following penetrating wound of right orbit H05.52 Retained (old) fb following penetrating wound of left orbit H05.53 Retained (old) fb following penetrating wound of bi orbit
Additional references
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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable
no
Code set
FY2026
Parent
H05
Block
H00-H05
Siblings
7
Subordinate
4

Present FY2024–FY2027.