Retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of unspecified orbit
Billable / specific
H05.50 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Includes (from H05)
- Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- retained foreign body of eyelid (H02.81-) (from H05.5)
- retained intraocular foreign body (H44.6-, H44.7-) (from H05.5)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from H05)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from H05)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from H05)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from H05)
- diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-) (from H05)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from H05)
- injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-) (from H05)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from H05)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from H05)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from H05)
- syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71) (from H05)
- open wound of eyelid (S01.1-) (from H05)
- superficial injury of eyelid (S00.1-, S00.2-) (from H05)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Parent code
- H05.5Retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of orbitHeader