Superficial foreign body, right thigh

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

S70.351A Superficial foreign body, right thigh, initial encounter
S70.351D Superficial foreign body, right thigh, subsequent encounter
S70.351S Superficial foreign body, right thigh, sequela

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Superficial foreign body, right thigh

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 S70 Superficial injury of hip and thigh

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S70

Inherited from the S70-S79 section Injuries to the hip and thigh (S70-S79)

Excludes2 - not included here

burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
frostbite (T33-T34)
snake bite (T63.0-)
venomous insect bite or sting (T63.4-)

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
Injury > thigh > superficial
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
Injury > superficial NEC > leg > foreign body
Injury > superficial NEC > thigh > foreign body
Foreign body > entering through orifice > eyeball
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > calf
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > shin
Foreign body > entering through orifice > lacrimal apparatus
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > leg > upper
Foreign body > entering through orifice > tear ducts or glands
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > thigh

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S70.352	Superficial foreign body, left thigh	Not billable
S70.359	Superficial foreign body, unspecified thigh	Not billable