ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S70-S79 › S70.35 Superficial foreign body of thigh › S70.359
Superficial foreign body, unspecified 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.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- S70.359A Superficial foreign body, unspecified thigh, initial encounter
- S70.359D Superficial foreign body, unspecified thigh, subsequent encounter
- S70.359S Superficial foreign body, unspecified 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, unspecified 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 |
|---|---|---|
| S70.351 | Superficial foreign body, right thigh | Not billable |
| S70.352 | Superficial foreign body, left thigh | Not billable |