W26.0XXA
W26.0XXA: Contact with knife, initial encounter
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
W26.0XXA is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for contact with knife, initial encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check W26.0XXA with the rest of the claim: free scrubber7th character "A": initial encounter
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W26
- 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.
- contact with electric knife (W29.1)
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above W26.0XXA
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above W26.0XXA
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.