W34.09
W34.09: Accidental discharge from other specified firearms
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W34.09 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for accidental discharge from other specified firearms. 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 from Very pistol [flare]
Other codes that can never be billed with W34.09
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- W32Accidental handgun 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›specified NEC
- Discharge›firearm›Very pistol
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead W34.09
3 child codes. Green means billable.