W31.8
Header — not billableContact with other specified machinery
The ICD-10 code for contact with other specified machinery is W31.8.
W31.8 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 4 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- W31.0Contact with mining and earth-drilling machinery
- W31.1Contact with metalworking machines
- W31.2Contact with powered woodworking and forming machines
- W31.3Contact with prime movers
- W31.9Contact with unspecified machinery
- W31.8Contact with other specified machinerynon-billable header