Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces - W20-W49

 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)

 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