W20-W49: Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces
ICD-10-CM 2027 block W20-W49 in chapter 20 (External causes of morbidity) has 26 categories.
- W20 – Struck by thrown, projected or falling object 9 billable codes
- W21 – Striking against or struck by sports equipment 72 billable codes
- W22 – Striking against or struck by other objects 33 billable codes
- W23 – Caught, crushed, jammed or pinched in or between objects 9 billable codes
- W24 – Contact with lifting and transmission devices, not elsewhere classified 6 billable codes
- W25 – Contact with sharp glass 3 billable codes
- W26 – Contact with other sharp objects 15 billable codes
- W27 – Contact with nonpowered hand tool 21 billable codes
- W28 – Contact with powered lawn mower 3 billable codes
- W29 – Contact with other powered hand tools and household machinery 18 billable codes
- W30 – Contact with agricultural machinery 21 billable codes
- W31 – Contact with other and unspecified machinery 27 billable codes
- W32 – Accidental handgun discharge and malfunction 6 billable codes
- W33 – Accidental rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge and malfunction 30 billable codes
- W34 – Accidental discharge and malfunction from other and unspecified firearms and guns 30 billable codes
- W35 – Explosion and rupture of boiler 3 billable codes
- W36 – Explosion and rupture of gas cylinder 15 billable codes
- W37 – Explosion and rupture of pressurized tire, pipe or hose 6 billable codes
- W38 – Explosion and rupture of other specified pressurized devices 3 billable codes
- W39 – Discharge of firework 3 billable codes
- W40 – Explosion of other materials 12 billable codes
- W42 – Exposure to noise 6 billable codes
- W44 – Foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice 126 billable codes
- W45 – Foreign body or object entering through skin 9 billable codes
- W46 – Contact with hypodermic needle 6 billable codes
- W49 – Exposure to other inanimate mechanical forces 18 billable codes