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ICD-10-CM Code for Contact with knife W26.0

ICD-10 code W26.0 for Contact with knife is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Other external causes of accidental injury .

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Official Long Descriptor

Contact with knife
Excludes1: contact with electric knife (W29.1)

W26

Excludes2: sharp object(s) embedded in skin (W45.-)

 
W26.0 Contact with knife
Child Code
Contact with knife, initial encounter
Child Code
Contact with knife, subsequent encounter
Child Code
Contact with knife, sequela

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