The doctor grabbed a pair of forceps — aka tweezers — and pulled out the splinter in “a second,” Lai said. That brief tug was transformed into a surgical billing code: Current Procedural ...

This includes sterilizing tweezers and needles with rubbing ... While many of us might instinctively try to remove the ...

The rule of thumb is: if you can see the splinter, try to remove it. Be sure to use clean tweezers. Disinfect the wound once the splinter has been removed. Don't forget to bandage it to avoid ...