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ICD-10-CM Code for Exposure to other inanimate mechanical forces W49

ICD-10 code W49 for Exposure to other inanimate mechanical forces is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Other external causes of accidental injury .

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Official Long Descriptor

Exposure to other inanimate mechanical forces
Includes: exposure to abnormal gravitational [G] forces
exposure to inanimate mechanical forces NEC
Excludes1: exposure to inanimate mechanical forces involving military or war operations (Y36.-, Y37.-)
 
W49 Exposure to other inanimate mechanical forces
Child Code
Item causing external constriction
Child Code
Exposure to other inanimate mechanical forces

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