W26.2

W26.2: Contact with edge of stiff paper

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

W26.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contact with edge of stiff paper. 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

Inclusion terms

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

Paper cut

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above W26.2

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

Contact›with›edge of stiff paper
Contact›with›paper(as sharp object)
Foreign body›entering through›skin›paper

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead W26.2

3 child codes. Green means billable.