W23.2
W23.2: Caught, crushed, jammed or pinched between a moving and stationary object
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W23.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for caught, crushed, jammed or pinched between a moving and stationary object. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W23
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above W23.2
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on W23: Caught, crushed, jammed or pinched in or between objects
- injury caused by cutting or piercing instruments (W25-W27)
- injury caused by firearms malfunction (W32.1, W33.1-, W34.1-)
- injury caused by lifting and transmission devices (W24.-)
- injury caused by machinery (W28-W31)
- injury caused by nonpowered hand tools (W27.-)
- injury caused by transport vehicle being used as a means of transportation (V01-V99)
- injury caused by struck by thrown, projected or falling object (W20.-)
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Caught›between›objects›and›stationary
- Caught›between›objects›stationary›and moving
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead W23.2
3 child codes. Green means billable.