The patient came to the ED immediately after getting a splinter from a park bench. The physician's "discharge problem" was "residual foreign body in soft tissue." Should I actually use a residual foreign body dx code for this, or would a superficial injury code be more appropriate? Are residual foreign bodies usually leftovers (sponges, for example) from surgical procedures?
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Wiki Splinter diagnosis code
- Thread starter buckeye56
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Pam Warren
True Blue
Code injury, superficial, by site. Retained FB is something left in an orifice (such as a sponge, like you mentioned).