Wiki help with dx code for embedded wood splinter

[ggparker14]

Can anyone help me with a dx code for embedded wood splinter under thumbnail?

Should this be coded as a complicated finger wound code or retained foreign body?

Thank you for any help.

 

[jmcpolin]

I would say 729.6

 

[jill.mcintosh@sanfordhealth.org]

Injury-Supferficial-fingernail 915.6

 

[harshila]

Injury-Supferficial-fingernail 915.6