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ICD-10-CM Codes
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H00-H59
Diseases of the eye and adnexa
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H43-H44
Disorders of vitreous body and globe
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H44-
Disorders of globe
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H44.693
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H44.693
Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, in other or multiple sites, bilateral
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- H44.693 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Retained (old) intraoc fb, magnet, in oth or mult sites, bi
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM H44.693 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H44.693 - other international versions of ICD-10 H44.693 may differ.
The following code(s) above
H44.693 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
H44.693:
- H00-H59
2021 ICD-10-CM Range H00-H59
Diseases of the eye and adnexaNote- Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
Type 2 Excludes- 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)
- H44
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H44
Disorders of globe
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Includes- disorders affecting multiple structures of eye
- H44.6
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H44.6
Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- current intraocular foreign body (S05.-)
Type 2 Excludes- 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)
- 124 Other disorders of the eye with mcc
- 125 Other disorders of the eye without mcc
Convert H44.693 to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H44.693
H44.65 Retained (old) magnetic foreign body in vitreous body
H44.69 Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic, in other or multiple sites
H44.693
…… bilateral
H44.7 Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic
H44.70 Unspecified retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic
H44.71 Retained (nonmagnetic) (old) foreign body in anterior chamber
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
