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W21.89

Striking against or struck by other sports equipment

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • W21.89XA Striking against or struck by other sports equipment, initial encounter
  • W21.89XD Striking against or struck by other sports equipment, subsequent encounter
  • W21.89XS Striking against or struck by other sports equipment, sequela

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Striking against or struck by other sports equipment

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from W21 Striking against or struck by sports equipment

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W21

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • assault with sports equipment (Y08.0-)
  • striking against or struck by sports equipment with subsequent fall (W18.01)

Inherited from the W20-W49 section Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces (W20-W49)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • assault (X92-Y09)
  • contact or collision with animals or persons (W50-W64)
  • exposure to inanimate mechanical forces involving military or war operations (Y36.-, Y37.-)
  • intentional self-harm (X71-X83)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
W21.81 Striking against or struck by football helmet Not billable