Fish Hook Removal: Best Practices and Documentation

00:01 So these are some summary comments.

00:03 Don't forget you will need to document your initial assessment, which should include a very thorough assessment of your pre and post removal assessment findings, after care instructions and depending on your specific facility, via signed codes for billing purposes.

00:21 Remember, ICD ten ,HCPCS and CPT codes for billing may vary whether they were other injuries, such as lacerations that required sutures.

00:32 If removal involved use of additional equipment to open tissue around the foreign body, or injection of medication into the wound cavity itself.

00:41 But these codes are usually used by surgeons and not in primary care.

00:46 Modifier codes will include things like right or left to differentiate limbs, and HCPCS codes will be used to bill any surgical supplies and dressings.

00:58 Foreign bodies, especially fish hooks, are intimidating.

01:02 Anytime you work with somebody's body, tissue and potentially scarring can occur, you want to lean towards referral when you don't feel confident.

01:11 I hope this video gives you the insight into making these decisions in the real world.

01:16 And thank you for watching.