W44.G1

W44.G1: Audio device entering into or through a natural orifice

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

W44.G1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for audio device 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

Inclusion terms

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

Ear buds
Hearing aids

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above W44.G1

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on W44: Foreign body entering into or through a natural orifice

contact with other sharp objects (W26)
contact with sharp glass (W25)
foreign body or object entering through skin (W45)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Foreign body›entering through›natural orifice›audio device
Foreign body›entering through›natural orifice›ear buds
Foreign body›entering through›natural orifice›hearing aids

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead W44.G1

3 child codes. Green means billable.