Wiki Secondary cause code for injury caused by hitting inanimate object?

[SienTC1720]

Me and the others in my office (radiology coding) are having a hard time coming up with a secondary code for the patients that come into the ER for punching something and hurting themselves. It happens pretty often that there's hand x-rays with no broken bones or anything, but it's from someone getting mad and hitting a wall or something.

Any ideas?

 

[rebeccaann77]

W22.8XXA Striking against or stuck by other objects?

 

[SienTC1720]

W22.8XXA Striking against or stuck by other objects?

That's much better than any we've come up with! We tend to get a little silly with it sometimes.

Thank you so much! Unfortunately for the resident's here, that code will get used a bit too often around here.