W25
W25: Contact with sharp glass
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W25 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contact with sharp glass. 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 code W25
- 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.
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- glass embedded in skin (W45.-)
Code first
The underlying condition must be sequenced before this code.
Other codes that can never be billed with W25
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- W23Caught, crushed, jammed or pinched in or between objects
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Contact›with›glass(sharp) (broken)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead W25
3 child codes. Green means billable.