ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › W20-W49 › W45 Foreign body or object entering... › W45.2

No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.

Never billable on its own. In the code set FY2016 only, and removed after that.

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

What has happened to this code

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 W45 Foreign body or object entering through skin

Seventh character required

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W45

Excludes2 - not included here

• contact with hand tools (nonpowered) (powered) (W27-W29)
• contact with other sharp object(s) (W26.-)
• contact with sharp glass (W25.-)
• struck by objects (W20-W22)

Includes

• foreign body or object embedded in skin
• nail embedded in skin

Inherited from the W20-W49 section Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces (W20-W49)

Excludes1 - never coded here

• assault (X92-Y09)
• contact or collision with animals or persons (W50-W64)
• exposure to inanimate mechanical forces involving military or war operations (Y36.-, Y37.-)
• intentional self-harm (X71-X83)

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.

• Ingestion > foreign body
• Entry of foreign body or material
• Swallowed, swallowing > foreign body
• Foreign body > embedded in skin

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
W45.0	Nail entering through skin	Not billable
W45.1	Paper entering through skin	Retired
W45.3	Fishing hook entering through skin	Not billable
W45.8	Other foreign body or object entering through skin	Not billable