E920.5 ACC-HYPODERMIC NEEDLE

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Code Information

Diagnosis Code: E920.5

Short Description: Acc-hypodermic needle

Long Description: Accidents caused by hypodermic needle

Code Classification:

External causes of injury (V)
- Other accidents (E916-E928)
  - E920 Accidents caused by cutting and piercing instruments or objects
    - E920.5 Acc-hypodermic needle

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Crosswalk Information

The code E920.5 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code		ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
E920.5		W46.0XXA	Contact with hypodermic needle, initial encounter
E920.5		W46.1XXA	Contact with contaminated hypodermic needle, 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.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code	ICD-9 Description
E920.0	Accidents caused by powered lawn mower
E920.1	Accidents caused by other powered hand tools
E920.2	Accidents caused by powered household appliances and implements
E920.3	Accidents caused by knives, swords, and daggers
E920.4	Accidents caused by other hand tools and implements
E920.8	Accidents caused by other specified cutting and piercing instruments or objects
E920.9	Accidents caused by unspecified cutting and piercing instrument or object

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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