W31.2XXA

W31.2XXA: Contact with powered woodworking and forming machines, initial encounter

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

W31.2XXA is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for contact with powered woodworking and forming machines, initial encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check W31.2XXA with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

7th 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

Excludes1: never code together

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

nonpowered woodworking tools (W27.0)

Inclusion terms

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

Contact with band saw
Contact with bench saw
Contact with circular saw
Contact with molding machine
Contact with overhead plane
Contact with powered saw
Contact with radial saw
Contact with sander

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above W31.2XXA

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on W31.2: Contact with powered woodworking and forming machines

nonpowered woodworking tools (W27.0)

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 W31.2XXA

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