ICD-9 Code 912.6
Superficial foreign body (splinter) of shoulder and upper arm, without major open wound and without mention of infection
Not Valid for Submission
912.6 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of superficial foreign body (splinter) of shoulder and upper arm, without major open wound and without mention of infection. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
| ICD-9: | 912.6 |
| Short Description: | Foreign body shouldr/arm |
| Long Description: | Superficial foreign body (splinter) of shoulder and upper arm, without major open wound and without mention of infection |
Convert 912.6 to ICD-10
The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
Code Classification
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Injury and poisoning (800–999)
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Superficial injury (910-919)
- 912 Superficial injury of shoulder and upper arm
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Superficial injury (910-919)
Information for Medical Professionals
Synonyms
- Foreign body in arm
- Foreign body of skin of axilla
- Foreign body of skin of shoulder
- Foreign body of skin of upper arm
- Foreign body of skin of upper limb
- Glass in axilla
- Glass in shoulder
- Glass in upper arm
- Splinter of axilla, without major open wound
- Splinter of scapular region, without major open wound
- Splinter of shoulder, without major open wound
- Splinter of upper arm, without major open wound
- Superficial foreign body in shoulder
- Superficial foreign body in upper arm
- Superficial foreign body of axilla without major open wound AND without infection
- Superficial foreign body of scapular region without major open wound AND without infection
- Superficial foreign body of shoulder without major open wound AND without infection
- Superficial foreign body of upper arm without major open wound AND without infection
- Wood splinter in axilla
- Wood splinter in shoulder
- Wood splinter in upper arm
- Wood splinter in upper limb
Information for Patients
Foreign Bodies
If you've ever gotten a splinter or had sand in your eye, you've had experience with a foreign body. A foreign body is something that is stuck inside you but isn't supposed to be there. You may inhale or swallow a foreign body, or you may get one from an injury to almost any part of your body. Foreign bodies are more common in small children, who sometimes stick things in their mouths, ears, and noses.
Some foreign bodies, like a small splinter, do not cause serious harm. Inhaled or swallowed foreign bodies may cause choking or bowel obstruction and may require medical care.
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ICD-9 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.