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

H44.70 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic. 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 H44.7, choose H44.70 (Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in anterior chamber (H44.71), retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in iris or ciliary body (H44.72), retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in lens (H44.73), retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in posterior wall of globe (H44.74), retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in vitreous body (H44.75) and in other or multiple sites (H44.79).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: H44.701 (right eye), H44.702 (left eye), H44.703 (bilateral) and H44.709 (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.