W93.12
W93.12: Inhalation of liquid air
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
W93.12 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for inhalation of liquid air. 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 W93
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Inhalation of liquid hydrogen
- Inhalation of liquid nitrogen
Other codes that can never be billed with W93.12
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Inhalation›liquid air, hydrogen, nitrogen
- Exposure›cold›due to›man-made conditions›liquid air›inhalation
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead W93.12
3 child codes. Green means billable.