Z18.2
Z18.2: Retained plastic fragments
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z18.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for retained plastic fragments. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z18.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Acrylics fragments
- Diethylhexyl phthalates fragments
- Isocyanate fragments
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z18.2
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on Z18: Retained foreign body fragments
- artificial joint prosthesis status (Z96.6-)
- foreign body accidentally left during a procedure (T81.5-)
- foreign body entering through orifice (T15-T19)
- in situ cardiac device (Z95.-)
- organ or tissue replaced by means other than transplant (Z96.-, Z97.-)
- organ or tissue replaced by transplant (Z94.-)
- personal history of retained foreign body fully removed Z87.821
- superficial foreign body (non-embedded splinter) - code to superficial foreign body, by site
Other codes that can never be billed with Z18.2
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- Z03.82Encounter for observation for suspected foreign body ruled out
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Z18.2 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A53060Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Retained›foreign body fragments›acrylics
- Retained›foreign body fragments›diethylhexyl phthalates
- Retained›foreign body fragments›isocyanate
- Retained›foreign body fragments›plastic
- Retained›fragments›acrylics
- Retained›fragments›diethylhexyl phthalates
- Retained›fragments›isocyanate
- Retained›fragments›plastic
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.