W31.0XXA
W31.0XXA: Contact with mining and earth-drilling machinery, initial encounter
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
W31.0XXA is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for contact with mining and earth-drilling machinery, initial encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check W31.0XXA 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 W31
- 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 bore or drill (land) (seabed)
- Contact with shaft hoist
- Contact with shaft lift
- Contact with undercutter
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above W31.0XXA
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Other codes that can never be billed with W31.0XXA
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.