Wiki Q-tip stuck in ear

[tlw1977]

Patient comes in the office with cotton off of a Q-tip stuck in her ear. They flushed the ear and got the cotton out. What dx code would you use? How would you code the flushing of the ear.

 

[eadun2000]

Patient comes in the office with cotton off of a Q-tip stuck in her ear. They flushed the ear and got the cotton out. What dx code would you use? How would you code the flushing of the ear.

931- foreign body ear. You would not code the flushing.. it is part of the e&m