retained foreign body

Hi everyone,
I have a pateint with a lumbar lami that had a retained hemovac tip after they removed it. Patient went back to the OR for retrieval without incident. is this a retained foreign body or a mechanical complication/other womplication? The retained foreign body was obvisouly not related to surgery but related to the device breaking during removal. I know there are a couple similar coding clinics (ex: Q12011p5-6 & Q12013p4-5) ) and it is a mechanical complication in those cases however this is slightly different in that they did have to return to the OR whereas in the coding clinic this was noticed interoperatively and retrieved.

Any guidance would be appreciated

thanks!

Katy Good
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