W49.9
W49.9: Exposure to other inanimate mechanical forces
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W49.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for exposure to other inanimate mechanical forces. 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 W49
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Infrasound waves(causing injury)
- Vibration(causing injury)
- Exposure›G-forces(abnormal)
- Exposure›gravitational forces(abnormal)
- Exposure›high-pressure jet(hydraulic) (pneumatic)
- Exposure›hydraulic jet
- Exposure›inanimate mechanical force
- Exposure›jet, high-pressure(hydraulic) (pneumatic)
- Exposure›mechanical forces NEC
- Exposure›pneumatic jet
- Exposure›vibration
- Exposure›mechanical forces NEC›inanimate NEC
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead W49.9
3 child codes. Green means billable.