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ICD-10/W34.19XS

W34.19XS ICD-10-CM Code: Accidental malfunction from other specified firearms, sequela

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

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Accidental malfunction from other specified firearms, sequela is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (W34.19S).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for W34.19XS in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Accidental malfunction from Very pistol [flare]

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 W34.19XS 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

  • W34.19 — Accidental malfunction from other specified firearms [Hierarchy]

Referenced by Excludes1 notes

  • W23 — Caught, crushed, jammed or pinched in or between objects [Excludes1](via W34.1.-): “injury caused by firearms malfunction (W32.1, W33.1-, W34.1-)”

Clinical classification (CCSR)

  • EXT030 — External cause codes: sequela [CCSR]

Nearest codes (40)

  • W34 — Accidental discharge and malfunction from other and unspecified firearms and guns [Sibling]
  • W34.00XD — Accidental discharge from unspecified firearms or gun, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • W34.00XS — Accidental discharge from unspecified firearms or gun, sequela [Sibling]
  • W34.01 — Accidental discharge of gas, air or spring-operated guns [Sibling]
  • W34.010 — Accidental discharge of airgun [Sibling]
  • W34.010A — Accidental discharge of airgun, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • W34.010D — Accidental discharge of airgun, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • W34.010S — Accidental discharge of airgun, sequela [Sibling]
  • and 32 more

Referenced by Other Codes

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):EXT030 — External cause codes: sequela.

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

Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes on other codes that name W34.19XS or its code family.

1 Excludes1 notes: W23 (via W34.1.-).

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Does W34.19XS require a 7th character?

Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W34.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to W34.19XS in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • W34.111 — Accidental malfunction of paintball gun
  • W34.111A — Accidental malfunction of paintball gun, initial encounter
  • W34.111D — Accidental malfunction of paintball gun, subsequent encounter
  • W34.111S — Accidental malfunction of paintball gun, sequela
  • W34.118 — Accidental malfunction of other gas, air or spring-operated gun
  • W34.118A — Accidental malfunction of other gas, air or spring-operated gun, initial encounter
  • W34.118D — Accidental malfunction of other gas, air or spring-operated gun, subsequent encounter
  • W34.118S — Accidental malfunction of other gas, air or spring-operated gun, sequela
  • W34.19 — Accidental malfunction from other specified firearms
  • W34.19XA — Accidental malfunction from other specified firearms, initial encounter

View all codes in the W34 family