DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

W27 Contact with nonpowered hand tool

  • Header · not billable
  • Codes take a 7th character

W27 is not billable. The category heads 21 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 7 subdivisions. Its codes take a 7th character, so none is complete with fewer than 7 characters.

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 20 External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
  2. W20-W49 Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces (W20-W49)
  3. W27 Contact with nonpowered hand tool
Billable codes
21
Subdivisions
7
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
0

Codes in W27

  1. W27.0
    Contact with workbench tool +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 5

    Inclusion terms

    • Contact with auger
    • Contact with axe
    • Contact with chisel
    • Contact with handsaw
    • Contact with screwdriver
  2. W27.1
    Contact with garden tool +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 4

    Inclusion terms

    • Contact with hoe
    • Contact with nonpowered lawn mower
    • Contact with pitchfork
    • Contact with rake
  3. W27.2
    Contact with scissors +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  4. W27.3
    Contact with needle (sewing) +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
    Excludes1 1

    Excludes1

    • contact with hypodermic needle (W46.-) W46
  5. W27.4
    Contact with kitchen utensil +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
    Inclusion terms 3

    Inclusion terms

    • Contact with fork
    • Contact with ice-pick
    • Contact with can-opener NOS
  6. W27.5
    Contact with paper-cutter +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  7. W27.8
    Contact with other nonpowered hand tool +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 2

    Inclusion terms

    • Contact with nonpowered sewing machine
    • Contact with shovel

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

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 W27 defined here

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W27

7th characters for W27
7thMeaning (NCHS)
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

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.

Hierarchy