ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › W20-W49 › W45.3 Fishing hook entering through skin › W45.3XXA

W45.3XXA

Fishing hook entering through skin, initial encounter

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2026 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2026 to now.

  1. FY2026 Added to the code set Fishing hook entering through skin, 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 W45 Foreign body or object entering through skin

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W45

Excludes2 - not included here

  • contact with hand tools (nonpowered) (powered) (W27-W29)
  • contact with other sharp object(s) (W26.-)
  • contact with sharp glass (W25.-)
  • struck by objects (W20-W22)

Includes

  • foreign body or object embedded in skin
  • nail embedded in skin

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
W45.3XXD Fishing hook entering through skin, subsequent encounter Valid
W45.3XXS Fishing hook entering through skin, sequela Valid