E956 INJURY-CUT INSTRUMENT

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Code Information

Diagnosis Code: E956

Short Description: Injury-cut instrument

Long Description: Suicide and self-inflicted injury by cutting and piercing instrument

Code Classification:

External causes of injury (V)
- Suicide and self-inflicted injury (E950-E959)
  - E956 Suicide and self-inflicted injury by cutting and piercing instruments
    - E956 Injury-cut instrument

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Crosswalk Information

The code E956 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code		ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
E956		X78.9XXA	Intentional self-harm by unsp sharp object, init encntr

This ICD-9 to ICD-10 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.

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