Superficial foreign body (splinter) of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle, without major open wound and without mention of infection

916.6 - Superficial foreign body (splinter) of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle, without major open wound and without mention of infection

. (splinter) of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle, without major open wound, infected (9167). This code is grouped under diagnosis codes for injury and poisoning. Home; NPI . Superficial foreign body (splinter) of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle, without major open . leg, and ankle, without major open wound and without mention of infection: 8: 916.8: Other and unspecified superficial injury of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle, without mention of infection: 9: 916.9: Other and unspecified superficial .

ICD-9 Diagnosis Code 916.6 Foreign body hip/leg. 916.6; Related Codes; Injury and poisoning; Superficial injury (910-919) . Foreign body hip/leg Long Description: Superficial foreign body (splinter) of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle, without major open wound and without mention of infection This is the 2014 version of the ICD-9-CM diagnosis code 916.6 Code Classification. Injury and poisoning

916.8 Superfic inj hip/leg NEC; Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM. Crosswalk Information The code 916.8 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s): . leg, and ankle, without major open wound and without mention of infection: 8: 916.7: Superficial foreign body (splinter) of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle, without major open wound, infected: 9:

Superficial injury of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle Superficial injury of foot and toe(s) . Superficial foreign body of other multiple and unspecified sites without major open wound and without infection Superficial foreign body of other multiple and unspecified sites without major open wound infected Other and unspecified superficial .

. 919.6 (Superficial foreign body [splinter] without major open wound and without mention of infection) E920.8 (Accident caused by other specified cutting and piercing . Coding for procedure to remove splinter in the ED JustCoding News: Outpatient . However, diagnosis code 919.6 reports superficial foreign body (splinter) without major open wound and without mention of infection in other, multiple, and unspecified sites. According to the scenario you presented, code 915 .

ICD-9 Code: ‘8900’ Diagnosis - Open wound of hip/thigh (Open wound of hip and thigh, without mention of complication) Medical Data Services Healthcare Lookup Services ICD-9 Codes Lookup ICD-9 Code: ‘8900’ Diagnosis. . 9166 (Diagnosis) — Foreign body hip/leg (Superficial foreign body (splinter) of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle, without major open wound and without mention of infection)

. Injury of conjunctiva and corneal abrasion without mention of foreign body Contusion of eyeball and orbital tissues Ocular . Superficial injury of hip and thigh Open wound of hip and thigh Fracture of femur Fracture of neck of femur. Fracture of . Injury from superficial foreign body (splinter) without major open wound, NOS; Insect bite (nonvenomous), NOS Open wound of unspecified body region Animal bite, NOS; Cut, NOS;