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W86.1

W86.1: Exposure to industrial wiring, appliances and electrical machinery

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

W86.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for exposure to industrial wiring, appliances and electrical machinery. 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

Inclusion terms

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

  • Exposure to conductors
  • Exposure to control apparatus
  • Exposure to electrical equipment and machinery
  • Exposure to transformers

Other codes that can never be billed with W86.1

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • W30Contact with agricultural machinery
  • 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

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Exposure›electric current›conductor(faulty)
  • Exposure›electric current›control apparatus(faulty)
  • Exposure›electric current›electric power generating plant, distribution station
  • Exposure›electric current›transformer(faulty)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead W86.1

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under W86

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.