Injury due to legal intervention by cutting and piercing instrument (E974)
ICD-9 code E974 for Injury due to legal intervention by cutting and piercing instrument is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -LEGAL INTERVENTION (E970-E978).
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I concur - no incision, no CPT for barb removal.
As for the dx codes, I'd use the open wound, complicated, since the barbs do not appear to be superficial and they are foreign bodies. 924.10 is a con... [ Read More ]