912.7 — Superficial foreign body (splinter) of shoulder and upper arm, without major open wound, infected

912.7 is an ICD-9-CM diagnosis code for superficial foreign body (splinter) of shoulder and upper arm, without major open wound, infected. ICD-9-CM was retired for U.S. claims on October 1, 2015, when ICD-10-CM took over.

The CMS General Equivalence Mappings translate it to 3 ICD-10-CM codes, such as L08.89 (Other specified local infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue), S40.259A (Superficial foreign body of unspecified shoulder, initial encounter) and S40.859A (Superficial foreign body of unspecified upper arm, initial encounter). All of these are approximate matches, so review the record to pick the right one. Some mappings are combinations: more than one ICD-10 code is needed to fully express the ICD-9 code.