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ICD-10-CM Code T16.2
Foreign body in left ear

NON-BILLABLE
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.
7th Character Required
7th Character Required
Code requires 7th Character Extension identifier. This 7th Character usually captures Episode of Care information, such as "Initial Encounter," "Subsquent Encounter," or "Sequela."
| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code T16.2 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use specify a 7th character that describes the diagnosis 'foreign body in left ear' in more detail. The 7th characters that can be added, and the resulting billable codes, are as follows:


7th Digit Billable Code 7th Digit Specifies
A T16.2XXA initial encounter
D T16.2XXD subsequent encounter
S T16.2XXS sequela

What is 7th Character Extension?

For codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character a placeholder 'X' should be assigned for all characters less than 6. The 7th character must always be the 7th position of a code. E.g. The ICD-10-CM code T67.4 (Heat exhaustion due to salt depletion) requires an Episode of Care identifier. T67.4XXA Initial Encounter or T67.4XXD Subsequent Encounter. More Info

The ICD code T16 is used to code Foreign body

A foreign body or sometimes known as FB (Latin: corpus alienum) is any object originating outside the body. In machinery, it can mean any unwanted intruding object.

Specialty: Emergency Medicine
MeSH Codes: D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547, D005547
ICD 9 Codes: 930, 931, 933, 932, 934, 935, 936, 937, 938, 939, 919.6

Endoscopy image of gastric foreign body (toothbrush)

Source: Wikipedia

Parent Code: T16 - Foreign body in ear

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