ICD-10-CM › Chapter 20 External causes of morbidity › W20-W49
W20-W49 - Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces
736 ICD-10-CM codes sit in this section, of which 510 are billable in FY2027. Every one has a page giving the years it was valid and what to use instead when it is not.
- 736 codes
- 510 billable FY2027
- 226 not billable, retired or subdivided
- 26 categories
Categories
Each of these is a three-character category. Most are not billable on their own - the billable code is one of the children listed on its page.
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| W20 | Struck by thrown, projected or falling object | Not billable |
| W21 | Striking against or struck by sports equipment | Not billable |
| W22 | Striking against or struck by other objects | Not billable |
| W23 | Caught, crushed, jammed or pinched in or between objects | Not billable |
| W24 | Contact with lifting and transmission devices, not elsewhere classified | Not billable |
| W25 | Contact with sharp glass | Not billable |
| W26 | Contact with other sharp objects | Not billable |
| W27 | Contact with nonpowered hand tool | Not billable |
| W28 | Contact with powered lawn mower | Not billable |
| W29 | Contact with other powered hand tools and household machinery | Not billable |
| W30 | Contact with agricultural machinery | Not billable |
| W31 | Contact with other and unspecified machinery | Not billable |
| W32 | Accidental handgun discharge and malfunction | Not billable |
| W33 | Accidental rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge and malfunction | Not billable |
| W34 | Accidental discharge and malfunction from other and unspecified firearms and guns | Not billable |
| W35 | Explosion and rupture of boiler | Not billable |
| W36 | Explosion and rupture of gas cylinder | Not billable |
| W37 | Explosion and rupture of pressurized tire, pipe or hose | Not billable |
| W38 | Explosion and rupture of other specified pressurized devices | Not billable |
| W39 | Discharge of firework | Not billable |
| W40 | Explosion of other materials | Not billable |
| W42 | Exposure to noise | Not billable |
| W44 | Foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice | Not billable |
| W45 | Foreign body or object entering through skin | Not billable |
| W46 | Contact with hypodermic needle | Not billable |
| W49 | Exposure to other inanimate mechanical forces | Not billable |
Or browse all ICD-10-CM codes by first character, check a list of codes with the batch validity checker, or see what changed in each release.