Contact with other powered hand tools and household machinery, subsequent encounter

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Contact with other powered powered hand tools and household machinery, subsequent encounter
FY2018 Description revised ~~Contact with other powered powered hand tools and household machinery, subsequent encounter~~ Contact with other powered hand tools and household machinery, subsequent encounter

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.

Inherited from W29 Contact with other powered hand tools and household machinery

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W29

Excludes1 - never coded here

contact with commercial machinery (W31.82)
contact with hot household appliance (X15)
contact with nonpowered hand tool (W27.-)
exposure to electric current (W86)

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)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Immersion
Submersion
Stab, stabbing
Sinking > watercraft
Overturning > watercraft
Trapped > between objects
Contact > with > marine > animal > mammal
Accident > watercraft > causing > drowning
Contact > with > animal NEC > marine > mammal
Drowning > resulting from accident to watercraft
Accident > diving > with > drowning or submersion
Drowning > due to > jumping into water from watercraft
Striking against > object > with > drowning or submersion
Accident > transport > occupant > watercraft NOS > causing drowning
Drowning > due to > fall overboard > resulting from > accident to watercraft
Contact > with > drill
Contact > with > sander
Contact > with > staple gun
Contact > with > tool > powered
Contact > with > powered > saw > hand
Contact > with > screwdriver > powered
Contact > with > hand > tool NEC > powered
Contact > with > powered > household appliance, implement, or machine

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
W29.8XXA	Contact with other powered hand tools and household machinery, initial encounter	Valid
W29.8XXS	Contact with other powered hand tools and household machinery, sequela	Valid