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H44.60

Non-billable

Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic

Chapter 7: Diseases of the eye and adnexa

Additional Information

From parent codes: H00-H59 (Chapter 7)

Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom H00-H59

Excludes2 means 'NOT INCLUDED HERE!' An Excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
  • syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)
NotesFrom H00-H59

Additional notes from parent codes that apply to this code.

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition

More Specific Codes (11)

H44.6Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic→H44.61Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in anterior chamber→H44.62Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in iris or ciliary body→H44.63Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in lens→H44.64Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in posterior wall of globe→H44.65Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in vitreous body→H44.69Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, in other or multiple sites→H44.601Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, right eye→H44.602Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, left eye→H44.603Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, bilateral→H44.609Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, unspecified eye→