AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2022 Issue 4; New/Revised ICD-10-CM Codes

Exposure to Inanimate Mechanical Forces Caught, Crushed, Jammed, or Pinched in or Between Objects

New codes (W23.2-) were created to identify patients who were injured because of being caught, crushed, jammed, or pinched between a moving and stationary object. According to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), caught-in or caught-between hazards are defined as injuries resulting from a person being caught, pinched, squeezed, crushed, or compressed between two or more objects, or between parts of an object. This definition includes individuals who are caught or crushed between operating equipment, mashing objects, a moving and stationary object, or between two or more moving objects. The OSHA definition also includes being crushed...

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