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FY2027

H44.70 — Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic

Not billable

Is H44.70 billable?

No — H44.70 is a non-billable header code. H44.70 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 4 billable codes beneath H44.70.

H44.70 at a glance

CodeH44.70
DescriptionUnspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic
BillableNo — header code
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

How is H44.70 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to H44.70. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

  • Foreign body › intraocular › old, retained

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from H44.7

The conditions below can never be reported together with H44.70 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 — inherited from H44.7

Report an additional code alongside H44.70 to fully describe the condition. H44.70 is sequenced first.

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 7

The conditions below are not part of H44.70, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H44.70 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 H44.7

The conditions below are not part of H44.70, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H44.70 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, magnetic (H44.6-)

What codes fall under H44.70? (4)

How long has H44.70 existed?

H44.70 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 H44.7 family? (6)