H44.6Non-billable (header)
Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic
✗ Excludes 1(Not coded here)
- •current intraocular foreign body (S05.-)
⚠ Excludes 2(Not included here)
- •retained foreign body in eyelid (H02.81-)
- •retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of orbit (H05.5-)
- •retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic (H44.7-)
Notes
- ℹcode to identify magnetic foreign body (Z18.11)
Code Hierarchy
┌7Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)├H43-H44Disorders of vitreous body and globe (H43-H44)├H44Disorders of globe
└H44.6Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic
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