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W25.XXXD ICD-10-CM Code: Contact with sharp glass, subsequent encounter

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

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Contact with sharp glass, subsequent encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (W25D).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for W25.XXXD 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).

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

Code First

Underlying conditions that must be sequenced before this code.

  • any associated:
  • injury due to flying glass from explosion or firearm discharge (W32-W40)
  • transport accident (V00-V99)

Frequently Compared Codes

The official Excludes notes on W25.XXXD name these codes. Each comparison page covers when the two can — or must not — be reported together.

Change history

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

Verify Before Coding

  • 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.

Relationships & Classification

Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes on other codes that name W25.XXXD or its code family.

1 Excludes1 notes: W23 (via W25.-).

1 Excludes2 notes: W45 (via W25.-).

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):EXT029 — External cause codes: subsequent encounter.

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

Contextual Map

Every relationship of W25.XXXD 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

  • V00-Y99 — Chapter 20: External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99) (V00-Y99) [Hierarchy]
  • W00-X58 — Other external causes of accidental injury [Hierarchy]
  • W20-W49 — Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces [Hierarchy]

Referenced by Excludes1 notes

  • W23 — Caught, crushed, jammed or pinched in or between objects [Excludes1](via W25.-): “injury caused by cutting or piercing instruments (W25-W27)” · check together

Referenced by Excludes2 notes

  • W45 — Foreign body or object entering through skin [Excludes2](via W25.-): “contact with sharp glass (W25.-)” · check together

Clinical classification (CCSR)

  • EXT029 — External cause codes: subsequent encounter [CCSR]

Nearest codes

  • W25 — Contact with sharp glass [Sibling]
  • W25.XXXA — Contact with sharp glass, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • W25.XXXS — Contact with sharp glass, sequela [Sibling]

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Does W25.XXXD require a 7th character?

Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code W25.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to W25.XXXD in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • W25 — Contact with sharp glass
  • W25.XXXA — Contact with sharp glass, initial encounter
  • W25.XXXS — Contact with sharp glass, sequela

View all codes in the W25 family