Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces - W20-W49

Excludes1: It indicates that the conditions described by two codes cannot occur together in the same patient. These codes are mutually exclusive.

Type 1 Excludes:

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)

These ranges represents Categories of Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces. The "W20-W49" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad section.

Codes:

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