ICD-10-CM Code for Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in posterior wall of globe, left eye H44.642

ICD-10 code H44.642 for Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in posterior wall of globe, left eye is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the eye and adnexa .

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Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in posterior wall of globe, left eye

H44.6

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-)

Use additional code to identify magnetic foreign body (Z18.11)

H44

Includes: disorders affecting multiple structures of eye

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