DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

W29 Contact with other powered hand tools and household machinery

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  • Codes take a 7th character

W29 is not billable. The category heads 18 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 6 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. W29 Contact with other powered hand tools and household machinery
Billable codes
18
Subdivisions
6
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
0

Codes in W29

  1. W29.0
    Contact with powered kitchen appliance +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 4

    Inclusion terms

    • Contact with blender
    • Contact with can-opener
    • Contact with garbage disposal
    • Contact with mixer
  2. W29.1
    Contact with electric knife +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  3. W29.2
    Contact with other powered household machinery +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 4

    Inclusion terms

    • Contact with electric fan
    • Contact with powered dryer (clothes) (powered) (spin)
    • Contact with washing-machine
    • Contact with sewing machine
  4. W29.3
    Contact with powered garden and outdoor hand tools and machinery +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 5, Excludes1 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Contact with chainsaw
    • Contact with edger
    • Contact with garden cultivator (tiller)
    • Contact with hedge trimmer
    • Contact with other powered garden tool

    Excludes1

    • contact with powered lawn mower (W28) W28
  5. W29.4
    Contact with nail gun +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
  6. W29.8
    Contact with other powered hand tools and household machinery +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Contact with do-it-yourself tool NOS

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 W29

Excludes1

  • contact with commercial machinery (W31.82) W31.82
  • contact with hot household appliance (X15) X15
  • contact with nonpowered hand tool (W27.-) W27
  • exposure to electric current (W86) W86

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 W29 defined here

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W29

7th characters for W29
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