Z87.821 Personal history of retained foreign body fully removed

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.

Applies from Z87 Personal history of other diseases and conditions

Code first

• any follow-up examination after treatment (Z09)

Applies from Z87.8 Personal history of other specified conditions

Excludes2 (not included here)

• personal history of self harm (Z91.5-)

Applies from Z87.82 Personal history of other (healed) physical injury and trauma

Applicable to

• Conditions classifiable to S00-T88, except traumatic fractures

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 951 in MDC 23.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• V15.53 Personal history of retained foreign body fully removed

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

• Unacceptable principal diagnosis: These codes describe a circumstance which influences care but is not a current illness or injury, or capture only an underlying condition, and are unacceptable as principal diagnosis.

Code annotations containing back-references to Z87.821

Back-references to Z87.821

• Type 1 Excludes: Z18 Retained foreign body fragments ("personal history of retained foreign body fully removed Z87.821")
• Type 2 Excludes: Z77 Other contact with and (suspected) exposures hazardous to health ("retained foreign body fully removed (Z87.821)")

Back-references to Z87.82

• Type 2 Excludes: Z91 Personal risk factors, not elsewhere classified ("personal history of physical injury and trauma (Z87.81, Z87.82-)")

Back-references to Z87

• Use Additional: Z09 Encounter for follow-up examination after completed treatment for conditions other than malignant neoplasm ("code to identify any applicable history of disease code (Z86.-, Z87.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Z87.821

• History › personal (of) › retained foreign body fully removed

Nearby codes

• Z87.798 Personal history of other (corrected) congenital malformations
• Z87.8 Personal history of other specified conditions
• Z87.81 Personal history of (healed) traumatic fracture
• Z87.82 Personal history of other (healed) physical injury and trauma
• Z87.820 Personal history of traumatic brain injury
• Z87.821 Personal history of retained foreign body fully removed (this code)
• Z87.828 Personal history of other (healed) physical injury and trauma
• Z87.89 Personal history of other specified conditions
• Z87.890 Personal history of sex reassignment
• Z87.891 Personal history of nicotine dependence
• Z87.892 Personal history of anaphylaxis