H44.7

H44.7: Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H44.7 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

current intraocular foreign body (S05.-)

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

retained foreign body in eyelid (H02.81-)
retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of orbit (H05.5-)
retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic (H44.6-)

Use additional code

Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

code to identify nonmagnetic foreign body (Z18.01-Z18.10, Z18.12, Z18.2-Z18.9)

Other codes that can never be billed with H44.7

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

H02.81Retained foreign body in eyelid

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead H44.7

7 child codes. Green means billable.