W45 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2024 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
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