H44.6 — Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic

Not billable

Is H44.6 billable?

No — H44.6 is a non-billable header code. H44.6 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 28 billable codes beneath H44.6.

Billable codes under this header

H44.6 at a glance

Code	H44.6
Description	Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic
Billable	No — header code
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Excludes1 — never code together

The conditions below can never be reported together with H44.6 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

current intraocular foreign body (S05.-)

Use additional code

Report an additional code alongside H44.6 to fully describe the condition. H44.6 is sequenced first.

code to identify magnetic foreign body (Z18.11)

Excludes2 — not included here

The conditions below are not part of H44.6, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H44.6 and the excluded code may both be reported.

retained foreign body in eyelid (H02.81-)
retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of orbit (H05.5-)
retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic (H44.7-)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 7

The conditions below are not part of H44.6, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H44.6 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)

What codes fall under H44.6? (7)

How long has H44.6 existed?

H44.6 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.