W88.1
W88.1: Exposure to radioactive isotopes
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W88.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for exposure to radioactive isotopes. 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
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Radiation›atomic power plant NEC(malfunction)
- Radiation›gamma rays
- Radiation›radioactive isotopes(any)
- Radiation›radium NEC
- Radiation›ionized, ionizing›radioisotopes
- Radiation›radioactive isotopes›atomic power plant malfunction
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead W88.1
3 child codes. Green means billable.