Block · Chapter 20
W20-W49 Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces (W20-W49)
Block W20-W49 groups 26 categories with 510 billable codes in FY2027.
Where it sits
- Chapter 20 External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
- W20-W49 Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces (W20-W49)
Neighbouring blocks
- Categories
- 26
- Billable codes
- 510
- CC codes
- 0
- MCC codes
- 0
- HCC V28 codes
- 0
- New FY2027
- 0
Categories in W20-W49
- W20
Struck by thrown, projected or falling object
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- 9 billable codes
- W21
Striking against or struck by sports equipment
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- 72 billable codes
- W22
Striking against or struck by other objects
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- 33 billable codes
- W23
Caught, crushed, jammed or pinched in or between objects
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- 9 billable codes
- W24
Contact with lifting and transmission devices, not elsewhere classified
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- 6 billable codes
- W25
Contact with sharp glass
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- 3 billable codes
- W26
Contact with other sharp objects
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- 15 billable codes
- W27
Contact with nonpowered hand tool
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- 21 billable codes
- W28
Contact with powered lawn mower
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- 3 billable codes
- W29
Contact with other powered hand tools and household machinery
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- 18 billable codes
- W30
Contact with agricultural machinery
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- 21 billable codes
- W31
Contact with other and unspecified machinery
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- 27 billable codes
- W32
Accidental handgun discharge and malfunction
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- 6 billable codes
- W33
Accidental rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge and malfunction
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- 30 billable codes
- W34
Accidental discharge and malfunction from other and unspecified firearms and guns
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- 30 billable codes
- W35
Explosion and rupture of boiler
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- 3 billable codes
- W36
Explosion and rupture of gas cylinder
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- 15 billable codes
- W37
Explosion and rupture of pressurized tire, pipe or hose
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- 6 billable codes
- W38
Explosion and rupture of other specified pressurized devices
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- 3 billable codes
- W39
Discharge of firework
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- 3 billable codes
- W40
Explosion of other materials
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- 12 billable codes
- W42
Exposure to noise
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- 6 billable codes
- W44
Foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice
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- 126 billable codes
- W45
Foreign body or object entering through skin
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- 9 billable codes
- W46
Contact with hypodermic needle
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- 6 billable codes
- W49
Exposure to other inanimate mechanical forces
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- 18 billable codes
Block instructions
Notes that also apply
Chapter 20 instructions (Notes 1): printed on the chapter 20 page.