W51.XXXA — Accidental striking against or bumped into by another person, initial encounter
W51.XXXA is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for accidental striking against or bumped into by another person, initial encounter. It is valid for submission on a claim.
7th character "A" — initial encounter
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code W51
- 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.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above W51.XXXA
These are not written on W51.XXXA, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing W51.XXXA with anything listed here is a denial.
Risk adjustment
W51.XXXA 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 history
W51.XXXA has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share W51. If W51.XXXA is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about W51.XXXA
- Is W51.XXXA a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. W51.XXXA is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does W51.XXXA sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Exposure to animate mechanical forces (W50-W64).
- What cannot be coded together with W51.XXXA?
- W51.XXXA carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above W51.XXXA (W51) and apply to it just the same.