This seems simple enough, but it has stumped my whole office.
Indeed, we've encountered it before, but no one can remember what we did then. This time, we'll write it down, I promise
Patient has a wedding ring stuck on his finger. Came in to have it removed. What's the ICD-9 for that? Foreign bodies are usually internal, so we don't think it's that. We can't find anything for an object that is painfully stuck on the outside of someone.
Can you help?
Thanks,
Stacy in Lexington, KY
Indeed, we've encountered it before, but no one can remember what we did then. This time, we'll write it down, I promise
Patient has a wedding ring stuck on his finger. Came in to have it removed. What's the ICD-9 for that? Foreign bodies are usually internal, so we don't think it's that. We can't find anything for an object that is painfully stuck on the outside of someone.
Can you help?
Thanks,
Stacy in Lexington, KY