Is W30.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. W30.81 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does W30.81 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 W30.81?

W30.81 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

W30.81

W30.81 — Contact with agricultural transport vehicle in stationary use

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

W30.81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contact with agricultural transport vehicle in stationary use. 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 — never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

agricultural transport vehicle accident (V01-V99)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Contact with agricultural transport vehicle under repair, not on public roadway

Risk adjustment

W30.81 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 W30.81 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 W30.81.

Contact›with›machine, machinery›agricultural including animal-powered›transport vehicle, stationary
Contact›with›vehicle›agricultural use›not on public highway

Code to one of these instead W30.81

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share W30.8. If W30.81 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

W30.89Contact with other specified agricultural machinery

Questions about W30.81

Is W30.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. W30.81 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does W30.81 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 W30.81?: W30.81 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.