W40.0XXA EXPLOSION OF BLASTING MATERIAL, INITIAL ENCOUNTER

Code Information

Diagnosis Code: W40.0XXA
Short Description: Explosion of blasting material, initial encounter
Long Description: Explosion of blasting material, initial encounter
Code Version: 2025 ICD-10-CM

The code W40.0XXA is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification

External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01–Y99)
- Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces (W20-W49)
  - Explosion of other materials (W40)

Synonyms

Accident caused by blasting cap
Accident caused by blasting explosive
Accident caused by blasting materials
Accident caused by demolition charge
Accident caused by detonator
Accident caused by dynamite
Injury due to blast effect of nuclear explosion
Injury due to blast from aerial bomb
Injury due to blast from hand grenade
Injury due to blast from improvised bomb
Injury due to blast from land mine
Injury due to blast from self-propelled missile
Injury due to legal intervention by dynamite
Injury due to legal intervention by explosive
Injury due to nuclear explosion
Injury due to underwater blast
War injuries due to explosion of marine weapons
War injury due to blast effects of nuclear weapon
War injury due to nuclear weapons
War injury due to underwater blast

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code		ICD-9 Code	ICD-9 Description
W40.0XXA		E923.1	Blasting materials accid

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
W40	Explosion of other materials
W40.0	Explosion of blasting material
W40.0XXD	Explosion of blasting material, subsequent encounter
W40.0XXS	Explosion of blasting material, sequela
W40.1	Explosion of explosive gases
W40.1XXA	Explosion of explosive gases, initial encounter
W40.1XXD	Explosion of explosive gases, subsequent encounter
W40.1XXS	Explosion of explosive gases, sequela
W40.8	Explosion of other specified explosive materials
W40.8XXA	Explosion of other specified explosive materials, initial encounter
W40.8XXD	Explosion of other specified explosive materials, subsequent encounter
W40.8XXS	Explosion of other specified explosive materials, sequela
W40.9	Explosion of unspecified explosive materials
W40.9XXA	Explosion of unspecified explosive materials, initial encounter
W40.9XXD	Explosion of unspecified explosive materials, subsequent encounter
W40.9XXS	Explosion of unspecified explosive materials, sequela

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2025

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