W88.0

W88.0: Exposure to X-rays

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

W88.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for exposure to x-rays. 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 W88

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above W88.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on W88: Exposure to ionizing radiation

exposure to sunlight (X32)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Overexposure›radioactivity
Radiation›electromagnetic, ionizing
Radiation›x-rays(hard) (soft)
Radiation›ionized, ionizing›x-rays

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead W88.0

3 child codes. Green means billable.