H05.5

ICD-10Non-billable category

Retained (old) fb following penetrating wound of orbit

Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)

Retained (old) foreign body following penetrating wound of orbit

H05.5 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.

Inclusion terms

  • Retrobulbar foreign body

Excludes1

Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.

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

Excludes2

Not included here. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.

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

Use additional code

Report an additional code to identify the associated condition.

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

ICD-10-CM FY2026 defines 4 codes beneath H05.5. See the ICD-10-CM index for what this site publishes.

Related codes in H05

Where this code sits

Parent code
H05

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Source

ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.

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