H44.72

H44.72: Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in iris or ciliary body

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H44.72 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in iris or ciliary body. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H44.72

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

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

current intraocular foreign body (S05.-)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above H44.72

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

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

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-)

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 H44.72

4 child codes. Green means billable.