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W34.010

W34.010: Accidental discharge of airgun

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

W34.010 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for accidental discharge of airgun. 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 W34

A
initial encounter
D
subsequent encounter
S
sequela

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Accidental discharge of BB gun
  • Accidental discharge of pellet gun

Other codes that can never be billed with W34.010

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • W32Accidental handgun discharge and malfunction
  • 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›airgun

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead W34.010

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under W34.01

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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