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Wiki Retained left PE tube

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what is the diagnosis for a Retained PE tube ?

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996.59 Complications peculiar to certain specified procedures; mechanical complication of other specified prosthetic device, implant, and graft; due to other implant and internal device, not elsewhere classified


for removal we use this code because technically the tube is not a foreign body, it is an implant

If you are to code to the most specific ICD-9 code then you would use 996.59 and v58.49

with 69424
 
Could you please post documentation that an ear tube is a foreign body:)

I would really like to know if that is official. I was always told that the implant is not a foreign body.....:)
 
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