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W25

Contact with sharp glass

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:

  • W25.XXXA Contact with sharp glass, initial encounter
  • W25.XXXD Contact with sharp glass, subsequent encounter
  • W25.XXXS Contact with sharp glass, 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 Contact with sharp glass

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.

This code

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code W25

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • fall on same level due to slipping, tripping and stumbling with subsequent striking against sharp glass (W01.110-)
  • striking against sharp glass with subsequent fall (W18.02-)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • glass embedded in skin (W45.-)

Code first

  • any associated:
  • injury due to flying glass from explosion or firearm discharge (W32-W40)
  • transport accident (V00-V99)

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.