W29.1XXA
W29.1XXA: Contact with electric knife, initial encounter
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
W29.1XXA is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for contact with electric knife, initial encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check W29.1XXA 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 W29
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above W29.1XXA
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Other codes that can never be billed with W29.1XXA
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- 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
- X15Contact with hot household appliances
- X16Contact with hot heating appliances, radiators and pipes
- X16.XXXAContact with hot heating appliances, radiators and pipes, initial encounter
- X16.XXXDContact with hot heating appliances, radiators and pipes, subsequent encounter
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.