H44.71Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in anterior chamber

H44.71 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in anterior chamber. 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 (retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic), H44.71 is specifically for retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in anterior chamber. Related codes cover unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic (H44.70), 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: H44.711 (right eye), H44.712 (left eye), H44.713 (bilateral) and H44.719 (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.