ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert
Foreign Body in Forehead
John Fink
Dearborn, Mich.
Test your coding knowledge. Determine how you would code this situation before looking at the box below for the answer.
Code 20520* is a removal of foreign body in muscle or tendon sheath; simple. This code would not apply here. Code 11010 (debridement including removal of foreign material associated with open fracture[s] and/or dislocation[s]; skin and subcutaneous tissues) would also not be appropriate in this situation.
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