ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › W85-W99 › W89 Exposure to man-made visible and... › W89.9
Exposure to unspecified man-made visible and ultraviolet light
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 3 more specific codes instead:
- W89.9XXA Exposure to unspecified man-made visible and ultraviolet light, initial encounter
- W89.9XXD Exposure to unspecified man-made visible and ultraviolet light, subsequent encounter
- W89.9XXS Exposure to unspecified man-made visible and ultraviolet light, sequela
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Exposure to unspecified man-made visible and ultraviolet light
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 W89 Exposure to man-made visible and ultraviolet light
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W89
Excludes2 - not included here
- exposure to sunlight (X32)
Includes
- exposure to welding light (arc)
Inherited from the W85-W99 section Exposure to electric current, radiation and extreme ambient air temperature and pressure (W85-W99)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- exposure to:
- failure in dosage of radiation or temperature during surgical and medical care (Y63.2-Y63.5)
- lightning (T75.0-)
- natural cold (X31)
- natural heat (X30)
- natural radiation NOS (X39)
- radiological procedure and radiotherapy (Y84.2)
- sunlight (X32)
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.
- Exposure > radiation
- Effect of > radiation
- Overexposure > radiation
- High > level of radioactivity, effects
- Accident > caused by, due to > radiation
- Radiation > ultraviolet
- Radiation > light sources
- Radiation > man-made visible light
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| W89.0 | Exposure to welding light (arc) | Not billable |
| W89.1 | Exposure to tanning bed | Not billable |
| W89.8 | Exposure to other man-made visible and ultraviolet light | Not billable |