FY2024
Effective from
- Added
Unspecified foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2024A — initial encounter
D — subsequent encounter
S — sequela
For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.
Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.
Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗First observed · 2023-10-01
Latest recorded change · FY2024
Effective from
Unspecified foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2024| All editions | Effective from | Code history |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 2023-10-01 | Added |
| FY2024 · 04-01 | 2024-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 | 2024-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 · 04-01 | 2025-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 | 2025-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 · April | 2026-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2027 | 2026-10-01 | No tabular change |
Foreign body NOS entering into or through a natural orifice
This chapter permits the classification of environmental events and circumstances as the cause of injury, and other adverse effects. Where a code from this section is applicable, it is intended that it shall be used secondary to a code from another chapter of the Classification indicating the nature of the condition. Most often, the condition will be classifiable to Chapter 19, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88). Other conditions that may be stated to be due to external causes are classified in Chapters I to XVIII. For these conditions, codes from Chapter 20 should be used to provide additional information as to the cause of the condition.
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W44
A — initial encounter
D — subsequent encounter
S — sequela
W44.9XXAUnspecified foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice, initial encounterBillable / specificW44.9XXDUnspecified foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice, subsequent encounterBillable / specificW44.9XXSUnspecified foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice, sequelaBillable / specificOther entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.
| Code | Description | Category · further specificity required |
|---|---|---|
| W44.8 | Other foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice | Category · further specificity required |
| W44.A | Battery entering into or through a natural orifice | Category · further specificity required |
| W44.B | Plastic entering into or through a natural orifice | Category · further specificity required |
| W44.C | Glass entering into or through a natural orifice | Category · further specificity required |
| W44.D | Magnetic metal entering into or through a natural orifice | Category · further specificity required |
| W44.E | Non-magnetic metal entering into or through a natural orifice | Category · further specificity required |
| W44.F | Objects of natural or organic material entering into or through a natural orifice | Category · further specificity required |
| W44.G | Other non-organic objects entering into or through a natural orifice | Category · further specificity required |
| W44.H | Other sharp object entering into or through a natural orifice | Category · further specificity required |
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