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Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E920.3
Accidents caused by knives, swords, and daggers
  • Short description: Knife/sword/dagger acc.
  • ICD-9-CM E920.3 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, E920.3 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • E920.3 describes the circumstance causing an injury, not the nature of the injury.
  • You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM E920.3.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM E920.3: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: E920.3 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM W26.0XXA Contact with knife, initial encounter
Approximate Synonyms
  • Accident caused by knife
  • Accident caused by knife (event)
  • Accidents caused by knives, swords and daggers
  • Accidents caused by knives, swords and daggers (event)
  • Cause of injury, knife accident
  • Cause of injury, sword or dagger accident
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