ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › W20-W49 › W32 Accidental handgun discharge and... › W32.0
Accidental handgun discharge
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:
- W32.0XXA Accidental handgun discharge, initial encounter
- W32.0XXD Accidental handgun discharge, subsequent encounter
- W32.0XXS Accidental handgun discharge, 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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Accidental handgun discharge
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 W32 Accidental handgun discharge and malfunction
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W32
Excludes1 - never coded here
- accidental airgun discharge and malfunction (W34.010, W34.110)
- accidental BB gun discharge and malfunction (W34.010, W34.110)
- accidental pellet gun discharge and malfunction (W34.010, W34.110)
- accidental shotgun discharge and malfunction (W33.01, W33.11)
- assault by handgun discharge (X93)
- handgun discharge involving legal intervention (Y35.0-)
- handgun discharge involving military or war operations (Y36.4-)
- intentional self-harm by handgun discharge (X72)
- Very pistol discharge and malfunction (W34.09, W34.19)
Includes
- accidental discharge and malfunction of gun for single hand use
- accidental discharge and malfunction of pistol
- accidental discharge and malfunction of revolver
- Handgun discharge and malfunction NOS
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.
- Gunshot wound
- Shooting, shot
- Firearm discharge
- Discharge > pistol
- Struck by > bullet
- Discharge > gun NEC
- Discharge > handgun
- Wound NEC > gunshot
- Discharge > revolver
- Shooting, shot > suicide
- Shooting, shot > homicide
- Discharge > gun NEC > hand
- Struck by > missile > firearm
- Struck by > flare, Very pistol
- Shooting, shot > self-inflicted
- Contact > with > hot > liquid NEC
- Burn, burned, burning > Very pistol
- Object > set in motion by > firearm
- Shooting, shot > herself or himself
- Discharge > gun NEC > other specified
- Discharge > gun NEC > for single hand use
- Burn, burned, burning > flare, Very pistol
- Shooting, shot > inflicted by other person
- Shooting, shot > self-inflicted > accidental
- Accident > caused by, due to > firearm missile
- Shooting, shot > inflicted by other person > accidental
- Killed, killing NOS > in > brawl, fight > by weapon > firearm
- Discharge > firearm > handgun > accidental
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| W32.1 | Accidental handgun malfunction | Not billable |