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H44.79

Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic, in other or multiple sites

Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 15 never code together
H44.7code
Excludes1
  • current intraocular foreign body (S05.-)S05.-
Excludes2
  • retained foreign body in eyelid (H02.81-)H02.81-
  • retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of orbit (H05.5-)H05.5-
  • retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic (H44.6-)H44.6-
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
H44.7code
Use additional code
H44code
Includes
  • disorders affecting multiple structures of eye
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
  • Foreign body
Alongside this code 6 same parent — H44.7
H44.70 Unsp retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic category H44.71 Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in ant chamber category H44.72 Retained (old) foreign body in iris or ciliary body category H44.73 Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in lens category H44.74 Retained (old) foreign body in posterior wall of globe category H44.75 Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in vitreous body category
Subordinate codes 4
H44.791 Retain (old) intraoc fb, nonmag, in oth or mult sites, r eye H44.792 Retain (old) intraoc fb, nonmag, in oth or mult sites, l eye H44.793 Retained (old) intraoc fb, nonmag, in oth or mult sites, bi H44.799 Retain intraoc fb, nonmag, in oth or mult sites, unsp eye
Additional references
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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable
no
Code set
FY2026
Parent
H44.7
Block
H43-H44
Siblings
6
Subordinate
4

Present FY2024–FY2027.