kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Code

Z18.10

Retained metal fragments, unspecified

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Hierarchy

  • Z00-Z99 Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)
    • Z18 Retained foreign body fragments
      • Z18.1 Retained metal fragments
        • Z18.10 Retained metal fragments, unspecified
        • Z18.11 Retained magnetic metal fragments
        • Z18.12 Retained nonmagnetic metal fragments

Notes

Z00-Z99

  • Z codes represent reasons for encounters. A corresponding procedure code must accompany a Z code if a procedure is performed. Categories Z00-Z99 are provided for occasions when circumstances other than a disease, injury or external cause classifiable to categories A00-Y89 are recorded as 'diagnoses' or 'problems'. This can arise in two main ways:
  • (a) When a person who may or may not be sick encounters the health services for some specific purpose, such as to receive limited care or service for a current condition, to donate an organ or tissue, to receive prophylactic vaccination (immunization), or to discuss a problem which is in itself not a disease or injury.
  • (b) When some circumstance or problem is present which influences the person's health status but is not in itself a current illness or injury.

Inclusion Terms

Z18.10

  • Retained metal fragment NOS

Includes

Z18

  • embedded fragment (status)
  • embedded splinter (status)
  • retained foreign body status

Excludes 1

Z18.1

  • retained radioactive metal fragments (Z18.01-Z18.09)

Z18

  • artificial joint prosthesis status (Z96.6-)
    • Z96.6 Presence of orthopedic joint implants
  • foreign body accidentally left during a procedure (T81.5-)
    • T81.5 Complications of foreign body accidentally left in body following procedure
  • foreign body entering through orifice (T15-T19)
    • T15-T19 Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice (T15-T19)
  • in situ cardiac device (Z95.-)
    • Z95 Presence of cardiac and vascular implants and grafts
  • organ or tissue replaced by means other than transplant (Z96.-, Z97.-)
    • Z96 Presence of other functional implants
    • Z97 Presence of other devices
  • organ or tissue replaced by transplant (Z94.-)
    • Z94 Transplanted organ and tissue status
  • personal history of retained foreign body fully removed Z87.821
  • superficial foreign body (non-embedded splinter) - code to superficial foreign body, by site

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