W29
W29: Contact with other powered hand tools and household machinery
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W29 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contact with other powered hand tools and household machinery. 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 W29
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Other codes that can never be billed with W29
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- W26.0Contact with knife
- W26.0XXAContact with knife, initial encounter
- W26.0XXDContact with knife, subsequent encounter
- W26.0XXSContact with knife, sequela
- W31.82Contact with other commercial machinery
- W31.82XAContact with other commercial machinery, initial encounter
- W31.82XDContact with other commercial machinery, subsequent encounter
- W31.82XSContact with other commercial machinery, sequela
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.
Code to one of these instead W29
6 child codes. Green means billable.