Wiki Removal of Foreign body

[BrendaC1957]

How do I code the removal of a 1 1/4 inch splinter removed from dermis or epidermis by excision? An excision was made to remove the splinter . The excision site was repaired by 2 sutures (length of excision site not known at this time)

UPDATE: thanks for the suggestions. We talked with the provider and got the measurements of the excision site 2.5 and coded a repair.

 

[Anna Weaver]

look at 10120

 

[sesing]

It also depends on site. For example: 28190 - removal of foreign body, foot; subcutaneous.