H05.5 Retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of orbit

Non-billable header with 4 child codes.

Applicable to

• Retrobulbar foreign body

Excludes1 (never code together)

• current penetrating wound of orbit (S05.4-)

Excludes2 (not included here)

• retained foreign body of eyelid (H02.81-)
• retained intraocular foreign body (H44.6-, H44.7-)

Use additional code

• code to identify the type of retained foreign body (Z18.-)

Applies from H05 Disorders of orbit

Excludes1 (never code together)

• congenital malformation of orbit (Q10.7)

Codes under H05.5

• H05.50 Retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of unspecified orbit
• H05.51 Retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of right orbit
• H05.52 Retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of left orbit
• H05.53 Retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of bilateral orbits

Code annotations containing back-references to H05.5

Back-references to H05.5

• Type 2 Excludes: H44.6 Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, magnetic ("retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of orbit (H05.5-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: H44.7 Retained (old) intraocular foreign body, nonmagnetic ("retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of orbit (H05.5-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: S05.4 Penetrating wound of orbit with or without foreign body ("retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound in orbit (H05.5-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: T15 Foreign body on external eye ("retained (old) foreign body in penetrating wound of orbit and eye ball (H05.5-, H44.6-, H44.7-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for H05.5

• Foreign body › orbit › old, retained

Nearby codes

• H05.42 Enophthalmos due to trauma or surgery
• H05.421 Enophthalmos due to trauma or surgery, right eye
• H05.422 Enophthalmos due to trauma or surgery, left eye
• H05.423 Enophthalmos due to trauma or surgery, bilateral
• H05.429 Enophthalmos due to trauma or surgery, unspecified eye
• H05.5 Retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of orbit (this code)
• H05.50 Retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of unspecified orbit
• H05.51 Retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of right orbit
• H05.52 Retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of left orbit
• H05.53 Retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of bilateral orbits
• H05.8 Other disorders of orbit