ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › W20-W49 › W25 Contact with sharp glass › W25.XXXA

W25.XXXA

Contact with sharp glass, initial encounter

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Contact with sharp glass, initial encounter

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 W25 Contact with sharp glass

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
W25.XXXD Contact with sharp glass, subsequent encounter Valid
W25.XXXS Contact with sharp glass, sequela Valid