Section W20-W49
Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces
Clinical Classification Guidelines
Excludes1
- 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)
Subordinate Categories
Struck by thrown, projected or falling object
W20
Striking against or struck by sports equipment
W21
Striking against or struck by other objects
W22
Caught, crushed, jammed or pinched in or between objects
W23
Contact with lifting and transmission devices, not elsewhere classified
W24
Contact with sharp glass
W25
Contact with other sharp objects
W26
Contact with nonpowered hand tool
W27
Contact with powered lawn mower
W28
Contact with other powered hand tools and household machinery
W29
Contact with agricultural machinery
W30
Contact with other and unspecified machinery
W31
Accidental handgun discharge and malfunction
W32
Accidental rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge and malfunction
W33
Accidental discharge and malfunction from other and unspecified firearms and guns
W34
Explosion and rupture of boiler
W35
Explosion and rupture of gas cylinder
W36
Explosion and rupture of pressurized tire, pipe or hose
W37
Explosion and rupture of other specified pressurized devices
W38
Discharge of firework
W39
Explosion of other materials
W40
Exposure to noise
W42
Foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice
W44
Foreign body or object entering through skin
W45
Contact with hypodermic needle
W46
Exposure to other inanimate mechanical forces
W49