Contact with other sharp objects

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:

W26.0 Contact with knife (also a header)
W26.1 Contact with sword or dagger (also a header)
W26.2 Contact with edge of stiff paper (also a header)
W26.8 Contact with other sharp object(s), not elsewhere classified (also a header)
W26.9 Contact with unspecified sharp object(s) (also a header)

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Contact with knife, sword or dagger
FY2017 Description revised ~~Contact with knife, sword or dagger~~ Contact with other sharp objects

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W26

Excludes2 - not included here

sharp object(s) embedded in skin (W45.-)

Inherited from the W20-W49 section Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces (W20-W49)

Excludes1 - never coded here

assault (X92-Y09)
contact or collision with animals or persons (W50-W64)
exposure to inanimate mechanical forces involving military or war operations (Y36.-, Y37.-)
intentional self-harm (X71-X83)