ICD-10-CM Code W21
Striking against or struck by sports equipment
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code W21 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the seven child codes of W21 that describes the diagnosis 'striking against or struck by sports equipment' in more detail.
- W21 Striking against or struck by sports equipment NON-BILLABLE
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- W21.00 Struck by hit or thrown ball, unspecified type NON-BILLABLE
- W21.01 Struck by football NON-BILLABLE
- W21.02 Struck by soccer ball NON-BILLABLE
- W21.03 Struck by baseball NON-BILLABLE
- W21.04 Struck by golf ball NON-BILLABLE
- W21.05 Struck by basketball NON-BILLABLE
- W21.06 Struck by volleyball NON-BILLABLE
- W21.07 Struck by softball NON-BILLABLE
- W21.09 Struck by other hit or thrown ball NON-BILLABLE
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- W21.11 Struck by baseball bat NON-BILLABLE
- W21.12 Struck by tennis racquet NON-BILLABLE
- W21.13 Struck by golf club NON-BILLABLE
- W21.19 Struck by other bat, racquet or club NON-BILLABLE
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- W21.21 Struck by hockey stick NON-BILLABLE
- W21.22 Struck by hockey puck NON-BILLABLE
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- W21.31 Struck by shoe cleats NON-BILLABLE
- W21.32 Struck by skate blades NON-BILLABLE
- W21.39 Struck by other sports foot wear NON-BILLABLE
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Coding Notes for W21 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Assault with sports equipment - instead, use code Y08.0-
- Striking against or struck by sports equipment with subsequent fall - instead, use code W18.01
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7th Character Extension Notes:
What is 7th Character Extension?
For codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character a placeholder 'X' should be assigned for all characters less than 6. The 7th character must always be the 7th position of a code. E.g. The ICD-10-CM code T67.4 (Heat exhaustion due to salt depletion) requires an Episode of Care identifier. T67.4XXA Initial Encounter or T67.4XXD Subsequent Encounter. More Info - The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category See Code W21
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for place of occurrence
- This is an external cause code for use in a secondary position
ICD-10-CM External Cause Index References for 'W21 - Striking against or struck by sports equipment'
The ICD-10-CM External Cause Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code W21. Click on any term below to browse the external cause index.