ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S30-S39 › S30.85 Superficial foreign body of... › S30.85A
Superficial foreign body of flank
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- S30.85AA Superficial foreign body of flank, initial encounter
- S30.85AD Superficial foreign body of flank, subsequent encounter
- S30.85AS Superficial foreign body of flank, sequela
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2026 to now.
- FY2026 Added to the code set Superficial foreign body of flank
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from S30 Superficial injury of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitals
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S30
Excludes2 - not included here
- superficial injury of hip (S70.-)
Inherited from the S30-S39 section Injuries to the abdomen, lower back, lumbar spine, pelvis and external genitals (S30-S39)
Excludes2 - not included here
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- effects of foreign body in anus and rectum (T18.5)
- effects of foreign body in genitourinary tract (T19.-)
- effects of foreign body in stomach, small intestine and colon (T18.2-T18.4)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
Includes
- injuries to the abdominal wall
- injuries to the anus
- injuries to the buttock
- injuries to the external genitalia
- injuries to the flank
- injuries to the groin
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Emesis
- Retching
- Splinter
- Granuloma > talc
- Regurgitation > food
- Foreign body > granuloma
- Reaction > foreign > body NEC
- Foreign body > lacrimal punctum
- Aspiration > syndrome of newborn
- Regurgitation > gastric contents
- Myositis > foreign body granuloma
- Pneumonia > neonatal > aspiration
- Syndrome > aspiration, of newborn
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation > inhalation
- Injury > superficial NEC > foreign body
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > eyeball
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > lacrimal apparatus
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > tear ducts or glands
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > flank
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S30.850 | Superficial foreign body of lower back and pelvis | Not billable |
| S30.851 | Superficial foreign body of abdominal wall | Not billable |
| S30.852 | Superficial foreign body of penis | Not billable |
| S30.853 | Superficial foreign body of scrotum and testes | Not billable |
| S30.854 | Superficial foreign body of vagina and vulva | Not billable |
| S30.855 | Superficial foreign body of unspecified external genital organs, male | Not billable |
| S30.856 | Superficial foreign body of unspecified external genital organs, female | Not billable |
| S30.857 | Superficial foreign body of anus | Not billable |