FY2027 ICD-10-CM reference
H02.81: Retained foreign body in eyelid
By the HCC Buddy Coding Team
The official ICD-10-CM descriptor is Retained foreign body in eyelid. The FY2027 annual edition starts October 1, 2026. Check the edition that applies to the encounter or inpatient discharge, including any April update.
Nonbillable heading. Verified against the official FY2027 order file.
More specific FY2027 codes
- H02.811: Retained foreign body in right upper eyelidBillable code
- H02.812: Retained foreign body in right lower eyelidBillable code
- H02.813: Retained foreign body in right eye, unspecified eyelidBillable code
- H02.814: Retained foreign body in left upper eyelidBillable code
- H02.815: Retained foreign body in left lower eyelidBillable code
- H02.816: Retained foreign body in left eye, unspecified eyelidBillable code
- H02.819: Retained foreign body in unspecified eye, unspecified eyelidBillable code
FY2027 Tabular instructions
Instructions below include applicable chapter, section and parent-code notes. Each note identifies where it appears in the official source.
Instructional note
Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
Source: H00-H59 (chapter, inherited).
Excludes2
certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
Source: H00-H59 (chapter, inherited).
Excludes2
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
Source: H00-H59 (chapter, inherited).
Excludes2
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
Source: H00-H59 (chapter, inherited).
Excludes2
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
Source: H00-H59 (chapter, inherited).
Excludes2
diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
Source: H00-H59 (chapter, inherited).
Excludes2
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
Source: H00-H59 (chapter, inherited).
Excludes2
injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
Source: H00-H59 (chapter, inherited).
Excludes2
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Source: H00-H59 (chapter, inherited).
Excludes2
neoplasms (C00-D49)
Source: H00-H59 (chapter, inherited).
Excludes2
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Source: H00-H59 (chapter, inherited).
Excludes2
syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)
Source: H00-H59 (chapter, inherited).
Excludes2
open wound of eyelid (S01.1-)
Source: H00-H05 (section, inherited).
Excludes2
superficial injury of eyelid (S00.1-, S00.2-)
Source: H00-H05 (section, inherited).
Excludes1
congenital malformations of eyelid (Q10.0-Q10.3)
Source: H02 (category, inherited).
Instructional note
code to identify the type of retained foreign body (Z18.-)
Source: H02.81 (self, direct).
Excludes1
laceration of eyelid with foreign body (S01.12-)
Source: H02.81 (self, direct).
Excludes1
retained intraocular foreign body (H44.6-, H44.7-)
Source: H02.81 (self, direct).
Excludes1
superficial foreign body of eyelid and periocular area (S00.25-)
Source: H02.81 (self, direct).
Compare the FY2027 additions, removals and billable-status changes
What does H02.81 mean in FY2027?
The official ICD-10-CM descriptor is Retained foreign body in eyelid. The FY2027 annual edition starts October 1, 2026. Check the edition that applies to the encounter or inpatient discharge, including any April update.
Is H02.81 billable in FY2027?
The FY2027 order file marks H02.81 as a nonbillable heading. Select a complete billable child code.
Does H02.81 map to an HCC?
Risk-model mapping is not applicable to this nonbillable heading. Check a complete billable child code.
Source: CMS FY2027 ICD-10-CM order file. Read the FY2027 Official Guidelines.
Review the FY2026 April edition