W27.3
W27.3: Contact with needle (sewing)
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W27.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contact with needle (sewing). 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
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- contact with hypodermic needle (W46.-)
Other codes that can never be billed with W27.3
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Contact›with›needle(sewing)
- Contact›with›tool›hand›needle(sewing)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead W27.3
3 child codes. Green means billable.