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ICD-10-CM Code for Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic H44.6

ICD-10 code H44.6 for Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the eye and adnexa .

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Official Long Descriptor

Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic
Use additional code to identify magnetic foreign body (Z18.11)
Excludes1: current intraocular foreign body (S05.-)
Excludes2: retained foreign body in eyelid (H02.81-)
retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of orbit (H05.5-)
retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic (H44.7-)

H44

Includes: disorders affecting multiple structures of eye

 
H44.6 Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic
Child Code
Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic
Child Code
Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in anterior chamber
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Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in iris or ciliary body
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Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in lens
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Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in posterior wall of globe
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Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in vitreous body
Child Code
Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, in other or multiple sites

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