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Wiki Infected body piercing.............

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nneecole44

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I have a patient that was seen for a belly button piercing that has become infected. Should I use an injury code or just code the abscess that formed around the piercing? If I use an injury code, what do you suggest? I looked up complications but found nothing suitable. Then and E code is needed. Please help. Any suggestions would be awesome.
 
nneecole said:
I have a patient that was seen for a belly button piercing that has become infected. Should I use an injury code or just code the abscess that formed around the piercing? If I use an injury code, what do you suggest? I looked up complications but found nothing suitable. Then and E code is needed. Please help. Any suggestions would be awesome.
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All you need is the code for the abscess. Does not matter how they got the abscess.
 
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