Is W31.82 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. W31.82 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does W31.82 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 W31.82?

W31.82 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

W31.82

W31.82 — Contact with other commercial machinery

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

W31.82 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contact with other commercial machinery. 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

Excludes1 — never code together

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

contact with household machinery (W29.-)
contact with powered lawn mower (W28)

Inclusion terms

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

Contact with commercial electric fan
Contact with commercial kitchen appliances
Contact with commercial powered dryer (clothes) (powered) (spin)
Contact with commercial washing-machine
Contact with commercial sewing machine

Other codes that can never be billed with W31.82

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at W31.82. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading W31.82 alone.

W29Contact with other powered hand tools and household machinery

Risk adjustment

W31.82 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 W31.82 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 W31.82.

Contact›with›cotton gin
Contact›with›dairy equipment
Contact›with›machine, machinery›commercial NEC
Contact›with›electric›fan›commercial
Contact›with›meat›grinder›industrial
Contact›with›meat›slicer›industrial
Contact›with›tool›powered›blender›commercial
Contact›with›tool›powered›can opener›commercial
Contact›with›tool›powered›clothes dryer›commercial
Contact›with›tool›powered›dishwasher›commercial
Contact›with›tool›powered›electric fan›commercial
Contact›with›tool›powered›food processor›commercial

Code to one of these instead W31.82

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share W31.8. If W31.82 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about W31.82

Is W31.82 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. W31.82 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does W31.82 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 W31.82?: W31.82 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.