W27.0

W27.0: Contact with workbench tool

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

W27.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contact with workbench tool. 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 W27

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Inclusion terms

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

Contact with auger
Contact with axe
Contact with chisel
Contact with handsaw
Contact with screwdriver

Other codes that can never be billed with W27.0

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

W23Caught, crushed, jammed or pinched in or between objects
W29Contact with other powered hand tools and household machinery
W31.2Contact with powered woodworking and forming machines
W31.2XXAContact with powered woodworking and forming machines, initial encounter
W31.2XXDContact with powered woodworking and forming machines, subsequent encounter
W31.2XXSContact with powered woodworking and forming machines, sequela

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Contact›with›axe
Contact›with›chisel
Contact›with›plane(metal) (wood)
Contact›with›saw
Contact›with›screwdriver
Contact›with›hand›saw
Contact›with›saw›hand
Contact›with›tool›hand›auger
Contact›with›tool›hand›axe
Contact›with›tool›hand›chisel
Contact›with›tool›hand›handsaw
Contact›with›tool›hand›screwdriver