H44.69Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, in other or multiple sites

H44.69 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, in other or multiple sites. It belongs to category H44 (disorders of globe), block H43-H44 (disorders of vitreous body and globe) and chapter 7 (diseases of the eye and adnexa). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 4 subcodes must be used instead.

Within H44.6, choose H44.69 (in other or multiple sites) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic (H44.60), retained (old) magnetic foreign body in anterior chamber (H44.61), retained (old) magnetic foreign body in iris or ciliary body (H44.62), retained (old) magnetic foreign body in lens (H44.63), retained (old) magnetic foreign body in posterior wall of globe (H44.64) and retained (old) magnetic foreign body in vitreous body (H44.65).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: H44.691 (right eye), H44.692 (left eye), H44.693 (bilateral) and H44.699 (unspecified eye).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.