Z18 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Retained foreign body fragments.
Includes
Embedded fragment (status)
Embedded splinter (status)
Retained foreign body status
Type 1 excludes
Artificial joint prosthesis status (Z96.6-)
Foreign body accidentally left during a procedure (T81.5-)
Foreign body entering through orifice (T15-T19)
In situ cardiac device (Z95.-)
Organ or tissue replaced by means other than transplant (Z96.-, Z97.-)
Organ or tissue replaced by transplant (Z94.-)
Personal history of retained foreign body fully removed Z87.821
Superficial foreign body (non-embedded splinter) - code to superficial foreign body, by site
Codes
Versions
2025
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2024
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2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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