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Wiki Q-tip stuck in ear

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Patient comes in the office with cotton off of a Q-tip stuck in her ear. They flushed the ear and got the cotton out. What dx code would you use? How would you code the flushing of the ear.
 
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Patient comes in the office with cotton off of a Q-tip stuck in her ear. They flushed the ear and got the cotton out. What dx code would you use? How would you code the flushing of the ear.
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931- foreign body ear. You would not code the flushing.. it is part of the e&m
 
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