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[jcarlake@aol.com]

Patient had a broken needle in their arm vein which had to be surgically removed. We used 903.02 - any opinions??

 

[camillecoder@hotmail.com]

You might consider 998.4 - FB accidentally left during procedure. Coding Clinic 1Q, 2011, describes a needle that was lost during a procedure and advises 998.4.

 

[Tonyj]

Patient had a broken needle in their arm vein which had to be surgically removed. We used 903.02 - any opinions??

How did the needle get there?

 

[camillecoder@hotmail.com]

Great question, Tony! I read more into it than was really there. For some reason I thought it was d/t venipuncture (36415).