W40.8XXA EXPLOSION OF OTH EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS, INIT ENCNTR

Code Information

Diagnosis Code: W40.8XXA
Short Description: Explosion of oth explosive materials, init encntr
Long Description: Explosion of other specified explosive materials, initial encounter
Code Version: 2025 ICD-10-CM

The code W40.8XXA 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 aerial bomb
Accident caused by explosion of bomb
Accident caused by explosion of bomb
Accident caused by explosion of grenade
Accident caused by explosion of munitions dump
Accident caused by explosion of munitions factory
Accident caused by explosion of shell
Accident caused by explosion of torpedo
Accident caused by explosive device
Accident caused by explosive device
Accident caused by explosive device
Accident caused by explosive device
Accident caused by explosive device
Accident caused by explosive device
Accident caused by explosive device
Accident caused by explosive device
Accident caused by explosive missile
Accident caused by terrorist bomb
Exposure to heat flash
Exposure to heat flash due to explosion in industry
Exposure to heat flash in explosion
Exposure to heat flash in explosion due to liquid fuel
Injury due to accidental explosion of munitions
Injury due to explosion of breech block
Injury due to explosion of depth charge
Injury due to explosion of marine mine
Injury due to explosion of marine weapon
Injury due to explosion of mortar bomb
Injury due to explosion of sea-based artillery shell
Injury due to explosion of torpedo
Injury due to explosive blast from artillery shell
Injury due to explosive blast from weapon
Injury due to fragment from aerial bomb
Injury due to fragment from antipersonnel bomb
Injury due to fragment from artillery shell
Injury due to fragment from hand grenade
Injury due to fragment from improvised bomb
Injury due to fragment from land mine
Injury due to fragment from mortar bomb
Injury due to fragment from self-propelled missile
Injury due to fragment of explosive weapon
Injury due to legal intervention by explosive
Injury due to legal intervention by explosive
Injury due to legal intervention by explosive
Injury due to legal intervention by explosive shell
Injury due to legal intervention by grenade
Injury due to legal intervention by mortar bomb
Injury due to nuclear explosion
War injuries due to bullets and fragments
War injuries due to explosion of marine weapons
War injury due to accidental explosion of munitions being used in war
War injury due to accidental explosion of own weapons
War injury due to explosion of artillery shell
War injury due to explosion of breech block
War injury due to explosion of cannon block
War injury due to explosion of depth charge explosion
War injury due to explosion of marine mine
War injury due to explosion of mortar bomb
War injury due to explosion of sea-based artillery shell
War injury due to explosion of torpedo
War injury due to fragments from antipersonnel bomb
War injury due to fragments from artillery shell
War injury due to fragments from grenade
War injury due to fragments from guided missile
War injury due to fragments from land mine
War injury due to fragments from rocket
War injury due to fragments from shell
War injury due to fragments from shrapnel

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code		ICD-9 Code	ICD-9 Description
W40.8XXA		E923.8	Explosives accident NEC

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
W40.0XXA	Explosion of blasting material, initial encounter
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
W40.8XXD	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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