A 26-year-old male was seen in the emergency room for a laceration to his right ring finger when a glass window he was installing on his job as a construction worker broke. After exploring the wound, the surgeon found a 100% laceration to the ulnar digital neurovascular bundle, which was repaired. The flexor digitorum profundus nerve had a 25% transverse laceration, which was also repaired. The flexor digitorum superficialis nerve had a partial ulnar slip laceration, but no repair was needed because the majority of it was intact. Select the appropriate CPT and ICD-10-CM codes.

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The correct CPT codes are 64831-F8 for the repair of the digital nerve and 64832-F8 for the repair of the flexor tendon. The ICD-10-CM codes are S64.494A for the injury to the ulnar digital nerve, W25.XXXA for contact with glass, Y93.H3 for activity involving construction work, and Y99.0 for civilian activity done for income or pay.

A 26-Year-Old Male Was Seen in the Emergency Room for a Laceration