Internal Medicine Coding Alert
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Subcutaneous Foot Splinter Removal Could Be 28190
Published on Fri Apr 15, 2011
Question: The physician removed a 1.5 cm splinter from beneath the dermis of the patient's foot. She used local anesthesia for exploration and to enlarge the wound enough to reach the splinter with forceps. What removal code do we use? Wyoming Subscriber Answer: The splinter was subcutaneous, so the best code is 28190 (Removal of foreign body, foot; subcutaneous). The code includes use of local anesthesia, so you won't code separately for that.
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