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913.6 FOREIGN BODY FOREARM


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 913.6

Short Description: Foreign body forearm

Long Description: Superficial foreign body (splinter) of elbow, forearm, and wrist, without major open wound and without mention of infection

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Superficial injury (910-919)
      • 913 Superficial injury of elbow, forearm, and wrist
        • 913.6 Foreign body forearm

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Foreign body in forearm
  • Foreign body of skin of elbow
  • Foreign body of skin of forearm
  • Foreign body of skin of wrist
  • Glass in elbow
  • Glass in forearm
  • Glass in upper limb
  • Glass in wrist
  • Splinter in arm
  • Splinter of elbow, without major open wound
  • Splinter of forearm, without major open wound
  • Splinter of wrist, without major open wound
  • Superficial foreign body in elbow
  • Superficial foreign body in forearm
  • Superficial foreign body in wrist
  • Superficial foreign body of elbow without major open wound AND without infection
  • Superficial foreign body of forearm without major open wound AND without infection
  • Superficial foreign body of wrist without major open wound AND without infection
  • Wood splinter in elbow
  • Wood splinter in forearm
  • Wood splinter in wrist

Crosswalk Information

The code 913.6 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
913.6 Right Arrow S50.359A Superficial foreign body of unspecified elbow, init encntr
S50.859A Superficial foreign body of unspecified forearm, init encntr
S60.859A Superficial foreign body of unspecified wrist, init encntr
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
913.0 Abrasion or friction burn of elbow, forearm, and wrist, without mention of infection
913.1 Abrasion or friction burn of elbow, forearm, and wrist, infected
913.2 Blister of elbow, forearm, and wrist, without mention of infection
913.3 Blister of elbow, forearm, and wrist, infected
913.4 Insect bite, nonvenomous of elbow, forearm, and wrist, without mention of infection
913.5 Insect bite, nonvenomous, of elbow, forearm, and wrist, infected
913.7 Superficial foreign body (splinter) of elbow, forearm, and wrist, without major open wound, infected
913.8 Other and unspecified superficial injury of elbow, forearm, and wrist, without mention of infection
913.9 Other and unspecified superficial injury of elbow, forearm, and wrist, infected

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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