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.