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ICD-10 Options for Retained Foreign Body
Published on Wed Jul 15, 2015
Question: I’m trying to determine what the correct ICD-10 code would be for 385.83 (Retained foreign body of middle ear). If I do a crosswalk from ICD-9 to ICD-10, it takes me to H74.8X9 (Other specified disorders of middle ear and mastoid, unspecified ear). But, if I look in the index under “Retained,” it says to also see “Retention.” Looking at [...]