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919.6 Superficial foreign body of other multiple and unspecified sites without major open wound and without infection; 919.7 Superficial foreign body of other multiple and unspecified sites without major open wound infected; 919.8 Other and unspecified superficial injury of other multiple and unspecified sites without infection
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 is a system of procedural codes used by health insurers to classify medical procedures for billing purposes. It is a subset of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) 9-CM. Volumes 1 and 2 are used for diagnostic codes.
This is a shortened version of the twelfth chapter of the ICD-9: Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue. It covers ICD codes 680 to 709. The full chapter can be found on pages 379 to 393 of Volume 1, which contains all (sub)categories of the ICD-9. Volume 2 is an alphabetical index of Volume 1.
A foreign body reaction (FBR) is a typical tissue response to a foreign body within biological tissue. [1] It usually includes the formation of a foreign body granuloma . [ 2 ] Tissue encapsulation of an implant is an example, as is inflammation around a splinter . [ 3 ]
Pneumomediastinum can result from a number of events. For example, foreign body aspiration, in which someone inhales an object, can cause pneumomediastinum (and lead to subcutaneous emphysema) by puncturing the airways or by increasing the pressure in the affected lung(s) enough to cause them to burst. [17]
E800 Railway accident involving collision with rolling stock; E801 Railway accident involving collision with other object; Excludes: Collision with: aircraft (E840-E842) or motor vehicle (E810.-, E820-E822)
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The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a US system of medical classification used for procedural coding.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency responsible for maintaining the inpatient procedure code set in the U.S., contracted with 3M Health Information Systems in 1995 to design and then develop a procedure classification system to replace Volume 3 of ICD-9-CM.