Is W30.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. W30.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does W30.2 sit in the tabular list?

External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces (W20-W49).

What cannot be coded together with W30.2?

W30.2 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above W30.2 (W30) and apply to it just the same.

W30.2

W30.2 — Contact with hay derrick

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

W30.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contact with hay derrick. 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 W30

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above W30.2

These are not written on W30.2, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing W30.2 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on W30 — Contact with agricultural machinery

agricultural transport vehicle accident (V01-V99)
explosion of grain store (W40.8)
exposure to electric current (W86.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with W30.2

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at W30.2. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading W30.2 alone.

V84Occupant of special vehicle mainly used in agriculture injured in transport accident
W31Contact with other and unspecified machinery

Risk adjustment

W30.2 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

How W30.2 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to W30.2.

Contact›with›hay-derrick
Contact›with›derrick›agricultural operations›hay
Contact›with›machine, machinery›agricultural including animal-powered›hay derrick

Code history

W30.2 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Code to one of these instead W30.2

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share W30. If W30.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about W30.2

Is W30.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. W30.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does W30.2 sit in the tabular list?: External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces (W20-W49).
What cannot be coded together with W30.2?: W30.2 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above W30.2 (W30) and apply to it just the same.