Is W22.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. W22.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does W22.8 sit in the tabular list?

External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces (W20-W49).

What cannot be coded together with W22.8?

W22.8 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

W22.8

W22.8 — Striking against or struck by other objects

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

W22.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for striking against or struck by other objects. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.

This code requires a 7th character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W22

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes1 — never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

struck by thrown, projected or falling object (W20.-)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Striking against or struck by object NOS

Risk adjustment

W22.8 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

How W22.8 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to W22.8.

Bumping against, into›object NEC
Stepping on›object
Striking against›object
Struck by›object
Kicking›against›object
Struck by›object›blunt
Stumbling›over›carpet, rug or object(small)
Tripping›over›carpet, rug or object(small)
Collision NEC›pedestrian›and›object
Struck by›other person›with›blunt object

Code to one of these instead W22.8

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share W22. If W22.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about W22.8

Is W22.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. W22.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does W22.8 sit in the tabular list?: External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces (W20-W49).
What cannot be coded together with W22.8?: W22.8 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.