ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › W20-W49 › W32.0 Accidental handgun discharge › W32.0XXA
Accidental handgun discharge, initial encounter
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2010 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.
- FY2010 Added to the draft code set draft Accidental handgun discharge, 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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| W32.0XXD | Accidental handgun discharge, subsequent encounter | Valid |
| W32.0XXS | Accidental handgun discharge, sequela | Valid |