M79.5

Residual foreign body in soft tissue

Billable

Code Hierarchy

M79M79.5

Coding Guidelines

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with M79.5

  • L92.3 - foreign body granuloma of skin and subcutaneous tissue (L92.3)
  • foreign body granuloma of soft tissue (M60.2-)

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