ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › W20-W49 › W31 Contact with other and unspecified... › W31.8
Contact with other specified machinery
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:
- W31.81 Contact with recreational machinery (also a header)
- W31.82 Contact with other commercial machinery (also a header)
- W31.83 Contact with special construction vehicle in stationary use (also a header)
- W31.89 Contact with other specified machinery (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 other specified machinery
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 W31 Contact with other and unspecified machinery
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W31
Excludes1 - never coded here
- contact with agricultural machinery (W30.-)
- contact with machinery in transport under own power or being towed by a vehicle (V01-V99)
- 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)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| W31.0 | Contact with mining and earth-drilling machinery | Not billable |
| W31.1 | Contact with metalworking machines | Not billable |
| W31.2 | Contact with powered woodworking and forming machines | Not billable |
| W31.3 | Contact with prime movers | Not billable |
| W31.9 | Contact with unspecified machinery | Not billable |