W32.0
W32.0: Accidental handgun discharge
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W32.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for accidental handgun discharge. 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 W32
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above W32.0
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on W32: Accidental handgun discharge and malfunction
- accidental airgun discharge and malfunction (W34.010, W34.110)
- accidental BB gun discharge and malfunction (W34.010, W34.110)
- accidental pellet gun discharge and malfunction (W34.010, W34.110)
- accidental shotgun discharge and malfunction (W33.01, W33.11)
- assault by handgun discharge (X93)
- handgun discharge involving legal intervention (Y35.0-)
- handgun discharge involving military or war operations (Y36.4-)
- intentional self-harm by handgun discharge (X72)
- Very pistol discharge and malfunction (W34.09, W34.19)
Other codes that can never be billed with W32.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- W33Accidental rifle, shotgun and larger firearm discharge and malfunction
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Discharge›firearm›handgun›accidental
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead W32.0
3 child codes. Green means billable.