ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › W20-W49 › W33 Accidental rifle, shotgun and... › W33.0

W33.0

Accidental rifle, shotgun and larger firearm 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.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:

  • W33.00 Accidental discharge of unspecified larger firearm (also a header)
  • W33.01 Accidental discharge of shotgun (also a header)
  • W33.02 Accidental discharge of hunting rifle (also a header)
  • W33.03 Accidental discharge of machine gun (also a header)
  • W33.09 Accidental discharge of other larger firearm (also a header)

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Accidental rifle, shotgun and larger firearm 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 W33 Accidental rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge and malfunction

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W33

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • accidental airgun discharge and malfunction (W34.010, W34.110)
  • accidental BB gun discharge and malfunction (W34.010, W34.110)
  • accidental handgun discharge and malfunction (W32.-)
  • accidental pellet gun discharge and malfunction (W34.010, W34.110)
  • assault by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge (X94)
  • firearm discharge involving legal intervention (Y35.0-)
  • firearm discharge involving military or war operations (Y36.4-)
  • intentional self-harm by rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge (X73)

Includes

  • rifle, shotgun and larger firearm 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)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
W33.1 Accidental rifle, shotgun and larger firearm malfunction Not billable