Code Information

  • Diagnosis Code: E956
  • Short Description: Injury-cut instrument
  • Long Description: Suicide and self-inflicted injury by cutting and piercing instrument
  • Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

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

Crosswalk Information

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

ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
E956 Right Arrow 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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