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FY2027

H02.819 — Retained foreign body in unspecified eye, unspecified eyelid

BillableUnspecified

Is H02.819 billable?

Yes, but H02.819 is an unspecified code. H02.819 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. However, H02.819 is an unspecified or catch-all code. Payers apply additional scrutiny to unspecified codes and many deny them when the medical record supports a more specific option, so check the documentation before selecting H02.819 — the more specific alternatives are listed below.

H02.819 at a glance

CodeH02.819
DescriptionRetained foreign body in unspecified eye, unspecified eyelid
BillableYes
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does H02.819 group to?

H02.819 sits in MDC 02 and helps define the logic of 2 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.

  • 124Other Disorders of the Eye with MCC or Thrombolytic Agentmedical
  • 125Other Disorders of the Eye without MCCmedical

How is H02.819 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to H02.819. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

  • Foreign body › retained › eyelid

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from H02

The conditions below can never be reported together with H02.819 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

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

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from H02.81

The conditions below can never be reported together with H02.819 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

  • 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-)

Use additional code — inherited from H02.81

Report an additional code alongside H02.819 to fully describe the condition. H02.819 is sequenced first.

  • code to identify the type of retained foreign body (Z18.-)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 7

The conditions below are not part of H02.819, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H02.819 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
  • syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from H00-H05

The conditions below are not part of H02.819, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H02.819 and the excluded code may both be reported.

How long has H02.819 existed?

H02.819 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.

What other codes are in the H02.81 family? (6)