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Z87.821

Billable

Personal history of retained foreign body fully removed

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A patient's past medical history of having a foreign object that was lodged in the body but has since been completely removed.

Coding Tips

  • •This code indicates the foreign body has been fully removed; do not use if it remains
  • •Document what the foreign body was and when it was removed for medical record clarity

Code Hierarchy

└Z87Personal history of other diseases and conditions└Z87.8Personal history of other specified conditions└Z87.82Personal history of other (healed) physical injury and trauma└Z87.821Personal history of retained foreign body fully removed
└Z87.821Personal history of retained foreign body fully removed

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