W31.1

W31.1: Contact with metalworking machines

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

W31.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contact with metalworking machines. 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 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 abrasive wheel
Contact with forging machine
Contact with lathe
Contact with mechanical shears
Contact with metal drilling machine
Contact with milling machine
Contact with power press
Contact with rolling-mill
Contact with metal sawing machine

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above W31.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on W31: Contact with other and unspecified machinery

contact with agricultural machinery (W30.-)
contact with machinery in transport under own power or being towed by a vehicle (V01-V99)
exposure to electric current (W86)

Other codes that can never be billed with W31.1

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

V83Occupant of special vehicle mainly used on industrial premises injured in transport accident
V85Occupant of special construction vehicle injured in transport accident
V86Occupant of special all-terrain or other off-road motor vehicle, injured in transport accident

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Contact›with›abrasive wheel(metalworking)
Contact›with›forging machine(metalworking)
Contact›with›lathe(metalworking)
Contact›with›sawing machine, metal
Contact›with›machine, machinery›abrasive wheel
Contact›with›machine, machinery›drilling, metal(industrial)
Contact›with›machine, machinery›forging machine
Contact›with›machine, machinery›lathe
Contact›with›machine, machinery›metal drill
Contact›with›machine, machinery›metalworking(industrial)
Contact›with›machine, machinery›milling, metal
Contact›with›machine, machinery›power press, metal