H44.749

H44.749: Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in posterior wall of globe, unspecified eye

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMunspecified

H44.749 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in posterior wall of globe, unspecified eye. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check H44.749 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H44.749

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 H44.749

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.

Medicare coverage

H44.749 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57637Billing and Coding: Visual Field Examination

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.