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External causes of morbidity
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Accidental discharge and malfunction from other and unspecified firearms and guns
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code W34.018D
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code W34.018D
Accidental discharge of other gas, air or spring-operated gun, subsequent encounter
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code POA Exempt
- W34.018D is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Accidental discharge of gas, air or sprng-op gun, subs
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM W34.018D became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of W34.018D - other international versions of ICD-10 W34.018D may differ.
ICD-10-CM Coding Rules
- W34.018D describes the circumstance causing an injury, not the nature of the injury.
The following code(s) above
W34.018D contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
W34.018D:
Present On AdmissionPOA Help
"Present On Admission" is defined as present at the time the order for inpatient admission occurs — conditions that develop during an outpatient encounter, including emergency department, observation, or outpatient surgery, are considered POA.
- W34.018D is considered exempt from POA reporting.
Convert W34.018D to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To W34.018D
W34.010 Accidental discharge of airgun
W34.011 Accidental discharge of paintball gun
W34.018 Accidental discharge of other gas, air or spring-operated gun
W34.018D
…… subsequent encounter
W34.09 Accidental discharge from other specified firearms
W34.1 Accidental malfunction from other and unspecified firearms and guns
W34.10 Accidental malfunction from unspecified firearms or gun
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.