W86
W86 — Exposure to other specified electric current
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W86 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for exposure to other specified electric current. 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 W86
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Other codes that can never be billed with W86
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at W86. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading W86 alone.
- W29Contact with other powered hand tools and household machinery
- W30Contact with agricultural machinery
- W31Contact with other and unspecified machinery
- X15Contact with hot household appliances
- X16Contact with hot heating appliances, radiators and pipes
- X16.XXXAContact with hot heating appliances, radiators and pipes, initial encounter
- X16.XXXDContact with hot heating appliances, radiators and pipes, subsequent encounter
- X16.XXXSContact with hot heating appliances, radiators and pipes, sequela
Risk adjustment
W86 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 W86
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about W86
- Is W86 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. W86 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does W86 sit in the tabular list?
- External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99), in the block Exposure to electric current, radiation and extreme ambient air temperature and pressure (W85-W99).