W45 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Foreign body or object entering through skin.
Includes
Foreign body or object embedded in skin
Nail embedded in skin
Type 2 excludes
Seventh character note
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W45
Seventh character extensions
A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela
Codes
Versions
2025
No changes
2024
No changes
2023
No changes
2022
No changes
2021
No changes
2020
No changes
2019
No changes
2018
No changes
2017
Code changed
Includes
- foreign body or object embedded in skin
- nail embedded in skin
Type 2 excludes
contact with hand tools (nonpowered) (powered) (W27-W29)contact with knife, sword or dagger (W26.-)contact with sharp glass (W25.-)struck by objects (W20-W22)
- 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)
2016
New code