ICD-10-CM 2027
ICD-10 code for retained foreign body
Choose a code from the options below based on the documentation.
From the official ICD-10-CM alphabetic index entry “Foreign body › retained (old) (nonmagnetic) (in)”. Page updated September 29, 2026.
About coding retained foreign body
The official ICD-10-CM index doesn't give a single default code for retained foreign body; the code depends on the details below.
More specific retained foreign body codes (official index)
- anterior chamber (eye)
- magnetic
- ciliary body
- magnetic
- eyelid H02.819 — Retained foreign body in unspecified eye, unspecified eyelid
- left H02.816 — Retained foreign body in left eye, unspecified eyelid
- lower H02.815 — Retained foreign body in left lower eyelid
- upper H02.814 — Retained foreign body in left upper eyelid
- right H02.813 — Retained foreign body in right eye, unspecified eyelid
- lower H02.812 — Retained foreign body in right lower eyelid
- upper H02.811 — Retained foreign body in right upper eyelid
- fragments
- globe
- magnetic
- intraocular
- magnetic
- iris
- magnetic
- lens
- magnetic
- muscle
- orbit
- posterior wall of globe
- magnetic
- retrobulbar
- soft tissue M79.5 — Residual foreign body in soft tissue
- vitreous
- magnetic