W27.4XXA
W27.4XXA: Contact with kitchen utensil, initial encounter
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
W27.4XXA is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for contact with kitchen utensil, initial encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check W27.4XXA 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 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 fork
- Contact with ice-pick
- Contact with can-opener NOS
Other codes that can never be billed with W27.4XXA
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.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.