W85
W85: Exposure to electric transmission lines
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W85 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for exposure to electric transmission lines. 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 code W85
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Broken power line
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Broken›power line(causing electric shock)
- Exposure›transmission line, electric(s)
- Exposure›electric current›high-voltage cable
- Exposure›electric current›transmission lines
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead W85
3 child codes. Green means billable.