ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › W20-W49 › W26 Contact with other sharp objects › W26.9
Contact with unspecified sharp object(s)
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- W26.9XXA Contact with unspecified sharp object(s), initial encounter
- W26.9XXD Contact with unspecified sharp object(s), subsequent encounter
- W26.9XXS Contact with unspecified sharp object(s), sequela
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.
- FY2017 Added to the code set Contact with unspecified sharp object(s)
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 W26 Contact with other sharp objects
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W26
Excludes2 - not included here
- sharp object(s) embedded in skin (W45.-)
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.
- Immersion
- Submersion
- Stab, stabbing
- Sinking > watercraft
- Overturning > watercraft
- Trapped > between objects
- Contact > with > marine > animal > mammal
- Accident > watercraft > causing > drowning
- Contact > with > animal NEC > marine > mammal
- Drowning > resulting from accident to watercraft
- Accident > diving > with > drowning or submersion
- Drowning > due to > jumping into water from watercraft
- Striking against > object > with > drowning or submersion
- Accident > transport > occupant > watercraft NOS > causing drowning
- Drowning > due to > fall overboard > resulting from > accident to watercraft
- Contact > with > sharp object
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| W26.0 | Contact with knife | Not billable |
| W26.1 | Contact with sword or dagger | Not billable |
| W26.2 | Contact with edge of stiff paper | Not billable |
| W26.8 | Contact with other sharp object(s), not elsewhere classified | Not billable |