Is H02.814 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. H02.814 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does H02.814 sit in the tabular list?

Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Disorders of eyelid, lacrimal system and orbit (H00-H05).

What cannot be coded together with H02.814?

H02.814 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above H02.814 (H02.81, H02) and apply to it just the same.

H02.814

H02.814 — Retained foreign body in left upper eyelid

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMleft

H02.814 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for retained foreign body in left upper eyelid. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H02.814

These are not written on H02.814, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing H02.814 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on H02.81 — Retained foreign body in eyelid

laceration of eyelid with foreign body (S01.12-)
retained intraocular foreign body (H44.6-, H44.7-)
superficial foreign body of eyelid and periocular area (S00.25-)

Written on H02 — Other disorders of eyelid

congenital malformations of eyelid (Q10.0-Q10.3)

Risk adjustment

H02.814 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

H02.814 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies — 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A57068Billing and Coding: Ocular Photography - External
A57637Billing and Coding: Visual Field Examination

How H02.814 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to H02.814.

Foreign body›retained›eyelid›left›upper

Code history

H02.814 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share H02.81. If H02.814 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about H02.814

Is H02.814 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. H02.814 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does H02.814 sit in the tabular list?: Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Disorders of eyelid, lacrimal system and orbit (H00-H05).
What cannot be coded together with H02.814?: H02.814 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above H02.814 (H02.81, H02) and apply to it just the same.