ICD-9 2011 Solves Partial Removal Stumper

Using the FBR diagnosis at the initial FBR encounter mean future claims using the same ICD-9 code would be denied? ICD-9 2011 will get rid of these dilemmas.
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ICD-9 2011 solves partial removal stumper
When you cannot get all of a splinter out, a new diagnoses code series will soon tell you the story. Family Physicians (FPs) are all too familiar with foreign body removal that gets only part of the object. And with effect from this October, they will have a diagnosis code that explains the condition.

Pieces of wood, glass or bullet shrapnel might be left during foreign body removal. The fragment may break or split, making impossible removing the entire foreign body.

This condition has bowled over many a family physician. Oftentimes, with a wood splinter removal, the procedure removes some foreign body, however not all of it. Is the FBR ICD-9 code apt? In the event, the patient had further FBR done at another encounter, would using the FBR diagnosis at the initial FBR encounter mean future claims using the same ICD-9 code would be denied?

You need to add these V90 codes to your diagnosis charge ticket

Now ICD-9 2011 will get rid of both dilemmas. Effective October 1, 2010, you can indicate a foreign body was partially removed. You can even indicate a follow-up check for infection after complete removal with a just-in code for personal history of retained foreign body removed fully (V15.53).

Some of the fragment codes you should squeeze onto your super bill are:

Animal quills or spines V90.31

Glass V90.81

Metal, magnetic V90.11

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