ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › W20-W49 › W33.0 Accidental rifle, shotgun and... › W33.03
Accidental discharge of machine gun
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:
- W33.03XA Accidental discharge of machine gun, initial encounter
- W33.03XD Accidental discharge of machine gun, subsequent encounter
- W33.03XS Accidental discharge of machine gun, 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 discharge of machine gun
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)
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
- Struck by > bullet
- Discharge > gun NEC
- Wound NEC > gunshot
- Discharge > machine gun
- Shooting, shot > suicide
- Shooting, shot > homicide
- Discharge > gun NEC > machine
- 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
- Burn, burned, burning > flare, Very pistol
- Discharge > firearm > larger > machine gun
- 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 > machine gun > accidental
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| W33.00 | Accidental discharge of unspecified larger firearm | Not billable |
| W33.01 | Accidental discharge of shotgun | Not billable |
| W33.02 | Accidental discharge of hunting rifle | Not billable |
| W33.09 | Accidental discharge of other larger firearm | Not billable |