2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code W50.0XXS
Accidental hit or strike by another person, sequela
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- W50.0XXS
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Accidental hit or strike by another person, sequela
- Is Billable?
- Yes - Valid for Submission
- Code Navigator:
W50.0XXS is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of accidental hit or strike by another person, sequela. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
W50.0XXS is a sequela code, includes a 7th character and should be used for complications that arise as a direct result of a condition like accidental hit or strike by another person. According to ICD-10-CM Guidelines a "sequela" code should be used for chronic or residual conditions that are complications of an initial acute disease, illness or injury. The most common sequela is pain. Usually, two diagnosis codes are needed when reporting sequela. The first code describes the nature of the sequela while the second code describes the sequela or late effect.
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Accident while engaged in sports activity
- Accident while engaged in sports activity
- Accidentally hit by object or person in running water
- Accidentally stepped on during football game
- Accidentally stepped on during rugby game
- Accidentally struck by or against person or object in sports
- Accidentally struck by or against person or object in sports
Clinical Classification
Clinical Category is External cause codes: sequela
- CCSR Category Code: EXT030
- Inpatient Default CCSR: X - Not applicable.
- Outpatient Default CCSR: X - Not applicable.
Convert W50.0XXS to ICD-9-CM
- ICD-9-CM Code: E929.8 - Late eff accident NEC
Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.
Code History
- FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
- FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
- FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.