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Specific code 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code V15.53
Personal history of retained foreign body fully removed
  • 2014
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • Short description: Hx retained FB, rem.
  • ICD-9-CM V15.53 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, V15.53 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2014 version of ICD-9-CM V15.53.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM V15.53: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: V15.53 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Z87.821 Personal history of retained foreign body fully removed
Approximate Synonyms
  • History of completely removed retained foreign body
  • History of foreign body previously fully removed
  • Hx of retained foreign body, fully removed
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to V15.53:
  • History (personal) of
    • foreign body fully removed V15.53
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