Caught,crush,jam or pinch betw a moving & statnry obj,sqla

This code describes the long-term effects or complications resulting from an injury where a body part was caught, crushed, jammed, or pinched between an object that was in motion and an object that was stationary. This indicates that the initial injury has resolved, but the patient is still experiencing residual symptoms or conditions directly attributable to that past event.

Use this code when documenting a patient encounter for the sequelae of a past injury involving a body part being trapped between a moving and a stationary object. Examples include chronic pain, nerve damage, restricted range of motion, or deformity that persists after the acute phase of the original crushing injury has passed. This code is appropriate when the patient is no longer in the acute phase of injury treatment.

• Always sequence this sequela code after the code(s) describing the specific residual condition(s) being treated.
• Ensure documentation clearly links the current condition to the historical "caught, crushed, jammed or pinched" injury.
• Do not use this code for initial encounters or active treatment of the acute injury; refer to the acute injury codes in the W23 category for those scenarios.