ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › W20-W49 › W45 Foreign body or object entering... › W45.3
Fishing hook entering through skin
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:
- W45.3XXA Fishing hook entering through skin, initial encounter
- W45.3XXD Fishing hook entering through skin, subsequent encounter
- W45.3XXS Fishing hook entering through skin, 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 Fishing hook entering through skin
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.
- Immersion
- Submersion
- Stab, stabbing
- Sinking > watercraft
- Ingestion > foreign body
- Overturning > watercraft
- Trapped > between objects
- Entry of foreign body or material
- Swallowed, swallowing > foreign body
- Contact > with > marine > animal > mammal
- Accident > watercraft > causing > drowning
- Contact > with > animal NEC > marine > mammal
- Drowning > resulting from accident to watercraft
- Accident > diving > with > drowning or submersion
- Drowning > due to > jumping into water from watercraft
- Striking against > object > with > drowning or submersion
- Accident > transport > occupant > watercraft NOS > causing drowning
- Drowning > due to > fall overboard > resulting from > accident to watercraft
- Contact > with > fishing hook
- Foreign body > entering through > skin > fishing hook
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| W45.0 | Nail entering through skin | Not billable |
| W45.1 | Paper entering through skin | Retired |
| W45.2 | Lid of can entering through skin | Retired |
| W45.8 | Other foreign body or object entering through skin | Not billable |