W44.A
W44.A — Battery entering into or through a natural orifice
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W44.A is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for battery entering into or through a natural orifice. 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 W44
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
W44.A 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.
Code to one of these instead W44.A
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share W44. If W44.A is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- W44.BPlastic entering into or through a natural orifice
- W44.CGlass entering into or through a natural orifice
- W44.DMagnetic metal entering into or through a natural orifice
- W44.ENon-magnetic metal entering into or through a natural orifice
- W44.FObjects of natural or organic material entering into or through a natural orifice
- W44.GOther non-organic objects entering into or through a natural orifice
- W44.HOther sharp object entering into or through a natural orifice
- W44.8Other foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice
- W44.9Unspecified foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice
Questions about W44.A
- Is W44.A a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. W44.A is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does W44.A sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces (W20-W49).