Category · FY2027
W26 Contact with other sharp objects
- Header · not billable
- Codes take a 7th character
W26 is not billable. The category heads 15 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 5 subdivisions. Its codes take a 7th character, so none is complete with fewer than 7 characters.
Where it sits
- Chapter 20 External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
- W20-W49 Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces (W20-W49)
- W26 Contact with other sharp objects
- Billable codes
- 15
- Subdivisions
- 5
- CC / MCC codes
- 0 / 0
- HCC V28 codes
- 0
- New FY2027
- 0
- Index entries
- 0
Codes in W26
- W26.0Contact with knife +7th: A D SNeeds 7th character
Excludes1 1
Excludes1
- contact with electric knife (W29.1) W29.1
- W26.1Contact with sword or dagger +7th: A D SNeeds 7th characterExempt
- W26.2Contact with edge of stiff paper +7th: A D SNeeds 7th characterExempt
Inclusion terms 1
Inclusion terms
- Paper cut
- W26.8Contact with other sharp object(s), not elsewhere classified +7th: A D SNeeds 7th characterExempt
Inclusion terms 1
Inclusion terms
- Contact with tin can lid
- W26.9Contact with unspecified sharp object(s) +7th: A D SNeeds 7th characterExempt
Sources of each column. Rows marked +7th need a 7th character: pick one to build the full code; its code card has its own flags.
Instructions
At W26
Excludes2
- sharp object(s) embedded in skin (W45.-) W45
Notes that also apply
Block W20-W49 instructions (Excludes1 4): printed on the block page.
Chapter 20 instructions (Notes 1): printed on the chapter 20 page.
7th characters
7th characters for W26 defined here
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W26
| 7th | Meaning (NCHS) |
|---|---|
| A | initial encounter |
| D | subsequent encounter |
| S | sequela |
A code that takes a 7th character is invalid without it; the placeholder X fills a code shorter than 6 characters (Official Guidelines I.A.5). How 7th characters work.