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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

H44.70

Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic

Release
FY 2027
Effective
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Hierarchy

Where H44.70 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. H44 Disorders of globe
  2. H44.7 Parent Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic
  3. H44.70 This code Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.

Includes

disorders affecting multiple structures of eye

Inherited from H44 — Disorders of globe

Excludes1

current intraocular foreign body ( S05 .-)

Inherited from H44.7 — Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic

Excludes2

retained foreign body in eyelid ( H02.81- )

Inherited from H44.7 — Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic

Excludes2

retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of orbit ( H05.5- )

Inherited from H44.7 — Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic

Excludes2

retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic ( H44.6- )

Inherited from H44.7 — Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic

Use Additional Code

code to identify nonmagnetic foreign body (Z18.01-Z18.10, Z18.12 , Z18.2-Z18.9)

Inherited from H44.7 — Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic

More Specific Codes

4 codes under H44.70

Version History

How H44.70 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic

Related Codes

Other codes under H44.7

Data Source

Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.

Release
FY 2027
Effective
Source file
icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip

Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)

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