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ICD-10/W23.1XXA

W23.1XXA ICD-10-CM Code: Caught, crushed, jammed, or pinched between stationary objects, initial encounter

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Caught, crushed, jammed, or pinched between stationary objects, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (W23.1A).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for W23.1XXA in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Change history

No changes recorded for this code — unchanged since the FY2016 baseline of the change ledger.

Verify Before Coding

  • Billable — reportable as written.
  • Principal-diagnosis restriction. External cause of morbidity codes (V, W, X and Y) describe the circumstance that caused an injury, not the condition treated. The Medicare Code Editor rejects them as a principal diagnosis; sequence the injury or condition first and report this code as secondary.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim.

Contextual Map

Every relationship of W23.1XXA in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Hierarchy

  • W23.1 — Caught, crushed, jammed, or pinched between stationary objects [Hierarchy]

Clinical classification (CCSR)

  • EXT018 — External cause codes: other specified, classifiable and NEC; initial encounter [CCSR]
  • EXT020 — External cause codes: intent of injury, accidental/unintentional [CCSR]

Nearest codes (12)

  • W23 — Caught, crushed, jammed or pinched in or between objects [Sibling]
  • W23.0 — Caught, crushed, jammed, or pinched between moving objects [Sibling]
  • W23.0XXA — Caught, crushed, jammed, or pinched between moving objects, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • W23.0XXD — Caught, crushed, jammed, or pinched between moving objects, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • W23.0XXS — Caught, crushed, jammed, or pinched between moving objects, sequela [Sibling]
  • W23.1 — Caught, crushed, jammed, or pinched between stationary objects [Sibling]
  • W23.1XXD — Caught, crushed, jammed, or pinched between stationary objects, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • W23.1XXS — Caught, crushed, jammed, or pinched between stationary objects, sequela [Sibling]
  • and 4 more

Relationships & Classification

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):EXT018 — External cause codes: other specified, classifiable and NEC; initial encounter; EXT020 — External cause codes: intent of injury, accidental/unintentional.

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Does W23.1XXA require a 7th character?

Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W23.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to W23.1XXA in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • W23.0 — Caught, crushed, jammed, or pinched between moving objects
  • W23.0XXA — Caught, crushed, jammed, or pinched between moving objects, initial encounter
  • W23.0XXD — Caught, crushed, jammed, or pinched between moving objects, subsequent encounter
  • W23.0XXS — Caught, crushed, jammed, or pinched between moving objects, sequela
  • W23.1 — Caught, crushed, jammed, or pinched between stationary objects
  • W23.1XXD — Caught, crushed, jammed, or pinched between stationary objects, subsequent encounter
  • W23.1XXS — Caught, crushed, jammed, or pinched between stationary objects, sequela
  • W23.2 — Caught, crushed, jammed or pinched between a moving and stationary object
  • W23.2XXA — Caught, crushed, jammed or pinched between a moving and stationary object, initial encounter
  • W23.2XXD — Caught, crushed, jammed or pinched between a moving and stationary object, subsequent encounter

View all codes in the W23 family