E920.5 - Accidents Caused By Hypodermic Needle

The ICD 9 Code for Accidents caused by hypodermic needle is listed as E920.5.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	E920.5
Long Description:	Accidents caused by hypodermic needle
Short Description:	Acc-hypodermic needle

Chapter:	Supplementary Classification Of External Causes Of Injury And Poisoning
Block:	Other Accidents (E916-E928)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code:	W46.0XXA - Contact with hypodermic needle, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code:	W46.1XXA - Contact with contaminated hypodermic needle, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of E920.5:
E920.0 - Accidents caused by powered lawn mower
E920.1 - Accidents caused by other powered hand tools
E920.2 - Accidents caused by powered household appliances and implements
E920.3 - Accidents caused by knives, swords, and daggers
E920.4 - Accidents caused by other hand tools and implements
E920.8 - Accidents caused by other specified cutting and piercing instruments or objects
E920.9 - Accidents caused by unspecified cutting and piercing instrument or object