W26.1

W26.1: Contact with sword or dagger

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

W26.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contact with sword or dagger. 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 W26

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above W26.1

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on W26: Contact with other sharp objects

sharp object(s) embedded in skin (W45.-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Bayonet wound
Contact›with›dagger
Contact›with›sword

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead W26.1

3 child codes. Green means billable.