W45
W45: Foreign body or object entering through skin
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W45 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for foreign body or object entering through skin. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W45
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- foreign body or object embedded in skin
- nail embedded in skin
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Foreign body›embedded in skin
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead W45
3 child codes. Green means billable.