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Wiki Tick diagnosis code

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Hi! I have a patient that came in with a tick embedded in the back of a child's head. Would this be a foreign body or a bug bite?? I'm leaning more towards the foreign body because we had to use tweezers and pressure to remove it but I'm not sure...

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cpicerno said:
Hi! I have a patient that came in with a tick embedded in the back of a child's head. Would this be a foreign body or a bug bite?? I'm leaning more towards the foreign body because we had to use tweezers and pressure to remove it but I'm not sure...

Thanks!!
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Are you asking for the diagnosis, or procedure?
 
cpicerno said:
Hi! I have a patient that came in with a tick embedded in the back of a child's head. Would this be a foreign body or a bug bite?? I'm leaning more towards the foreign body because we had to use tweezers and pressure to remove it but I'm not sure...

Thanks!!
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I am assuming you mean a diagnosis code and I would go with 910.4 Insect bite, nonvenomous, without mention of infection. Not really a foreign body, like a splinter of wood, since it is an insect.
 
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