Superficial foreign body, unspecified thigh, init encntr

Instruction Source: S70.359A

Superficial foreign body, unspecified thigh, init encntr

Instruction Source: S70.359

Superficial foreign body, unspecified thigh

Instruction Source: S70.35

Superficial foreign body of thigh

Instruction Source: S70.3

Other superficial injuries of thigh

Instruction Source: S70

Superficial injury of hip and thigh

Instruction Source: S70-S79

Injuries to the hip and thigh (S70-S79)

Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)

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

Instruction Source: S00-T88

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)

• birth trauma (P10-P15)
• obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Clinical Notes

• Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code