Diagnosis Code

W26.1XXA CONTACT WITH SWORD OR DAGGER, INITIAL ENCOUNTER


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: W26.1XXA

Short Description: Contact with sword or dagger, initial encounter

Long Description: Contact with sword or dagger, initial encounter

The code W26.1XXA is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01–Y99)
    • Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces (W20-W49)
      • Contact with other sharp objects (W26)
        • W26.1XXA Contact with sword or dagger, initial encounter

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Accident caused by dagger
  • Accident caused by sword
  • Accidents caused by knives, swords and daggers
  • Injury due to bayonet
  • Injury due to edged weapon
  • Injury due to edged weapon
  • Injury due to edged weapon
  • Injury due to edged weapon
  • Injury due to legal intervention by bayonet
  • Injury due to legal intervention by cutting and stabbing instruments
  • Injury due to legal intervention by cutting and stabbing instruments
  • Injury due to spear
  • Injury due to sword
  • Injury in warfare due to dagger
  • Sword wound
  • War injury due to bayonet

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
W26.1XXA Right Arrow E920.3 Knife/sword/dagger acc

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
W26 Contact with other sharp objects
W26.0 Contact with knife
W26.0XXA Contact with knife, initial encounter
W26.0XXD Contact with knife, subsequent encounter
W26.0XXS Contact with knife, sequela
W26.1 Contact with sword or dagger
W26.1XXD Contact with sword or dagger, subsequent encounter
W26.1XXS Contact with sword or dagger, sequela
W26.2 Contact with edge of stiff paper
W26.2XXA Contact with edge of stiff paper, initial encounter
W26.2XXD Contact with edge of stiff paper, subsequent encounter
W26.2XXS Contact with edge of stiff paper, sequela
W26.8 Contact with other sharp object(s), not elsewhere classified
W26.8XXA Contact with other sharp object(s), not elsewhere classified, initial encounter
W26.8XXD Contact with other sharp object(s), not elsewhere classified, subsequent encounter
W26.8XXS Contact with other sharp object(s), not elsewhere classified, sequela
W26.9 Contact with unspecified sharp object(s)
W26.9XXA Contact with unspecified sharp object(s), initial encounter
W26.9XXD Contact with unspecified sharp object(s), subsequent encounter
W26.9XXS Contact with unspecified sharp object(s), sequela


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023