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W44.C2XA ICD-10-CM Code: Intact glass entering into or through a natural orifice, initial encounter

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

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Intact glass entering into or through a natural orifice, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (W44.C2A).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for W44.C2XA in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Intact glass bottle entering into or through a natural orifice

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.

Frequently Compared Codes

The official Excludes notes on W44.C2XA name these codes. Each comparison page covers when the two can — or must not — be reported together.

Change history

  • FY2024 — 2023-10-01
    Added to the code set
    Intact glass entering into or through a natural orifice, initial encounter
    FY2024 changes

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.

Contextual Map

Every relationship of W44.C2XA 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 Use Additional Code instructions

  • T15 — Foreign body on external eye [Use Additional Code](via W44.-): “code, if known, for foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice (W44.-)” · check together
  • T15-T19 — Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice (T15-T19) [Use Additional Code](via W44.-): “code, if known, for foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice (W44.-)” · check together
  • T16 — Foreign body in ear [Use Additional Code](via W44.-): “code, if known, for foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice (W44.-)” · check together
  • T17 — Foreign body in respiratory tract [Use Additional Code](via W44.-): “code, if known, for foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice (W44.-)” · check together
  • T18 — Foreign body in alimentary tract [Use Additional Code](via W44.-): “code, if known, for foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice (W44.-)” · check together
  • T19 — Foreign body in genitourinary tract [Use Additional Code](via W44.-): “code, if known, for foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice (W44.-)” · check together

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 (40)

  • W44 — Foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice [Sibling]
  • W44.B4XD — Plastic jewelry entering into or through a natural orifice, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • W44.B4XS — Plastic jewelry entering into or through a natural orifice, sequela [Sibling]
  • W44.B5 — Plastic bottle entering into or through a natural orifice [Sibling]
  • W44.B5XA — Plastic bottle entering into or through a natural orifice, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • W44.B5XD — Plastic bottle entering into or through a natural orifice, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • W44.B5XS — Plastic bottle entering into or through a natural orifice, sequela [Sibling]
  • W44.B9 — Other plastic object entering into or through a natural orifice [Sibling]
  • and 32 more

Change history

  • FY2024 — Added to the code set [Change history]

Referenced by Other Codes

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.

Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes on other codes that name W44.C2XA or its code family.

6 Use Additional Code instructions: T15 (via W44.-), T15-T19 (via W44.-), T16 (via W44.-), T17 (via W44.-), T18 (via W44.-), T19 (via W44.-).

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Does W44.C2XA require a 7th character?

Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W44.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to W44.C2XA in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • W44.C1 — Sharp glass entering into or through a natural orifice
  • W44.C1XA — Sharp glass entering into or through a natural orifice, initial encounter
  • W44.C1XD — Sharp glass entering into or through a natural orifice, subsequent encounter
  • W44.C1XS — Sharp glass entering into or through a natural orifice, sequela
  • W44.C2 — Intact glass entering into or through a natural orifice
  • W44.C2XD — Intact glass entering into or through a natural orifice, subsequent encounter
  • W44.C2XS — Intact glass entering into or through a natural orifice, sequela
  • W44.D — Magnetic metal entering into or through a natural orifice
  • W44.D0 — Magnetic metal object unspecified, entering into or through a natural orifice
  • W44.D0XA — Magnetic metal object unspecified, entering into or through a natural orifice, initial encounter

View all codes in the W44 family