H44.6 - Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic

The ICD 10 Code for Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic is listed as H44.6.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	H44.6
Description:	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-)

Chapter	Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)
Block	Disorders of vitreous body and globe (H43-H44)
Parent	H44 - Disorders of globe
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of H44.6:
H44.60 - Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic
H44.61 - Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in anterior chamber
H44.62 - Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in iris or ciliary body
H44.63 - Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in lens
H44.64 - Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in posterior wall of globe
H44.65 - Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in vitreous body
H44.69 - Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, in other or multiple sites
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of H44.6:
H44.0 - Purulent endophthalmitis
H44.1 - Other endophthalmitis
H44.2 - Degenerative myopia
H44.3 - Other and unspecified degenerative disorders of globe
H44.4 - Hypotony of eye
H44.5 - Degenerated conditions of globe
H44.7 - Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic
H44.8 - Other disorders of globe
H44.9 - Unspecified disorder of globe