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Compare/W26.0 vs W29.1

W26.0 vs W29.1

W26.0 (Contact with knife) compared with W29.1 (Contact with electric knife), from the official CMS tabular data. Do not report these codes together: the official tabular list marks them Excludes1.

Can these codes be reported together?

No — do not report together. W26.0 carries an Excludes1 note covering W29.1: “contact with electric knife (W29.1)”

Sole exception: when the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Side by side

W26.0Contact with knifeW29.1Contact with electric knife
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: W26.0XXA, W26.0XXD, W26.0XXS

Non-billable header

Report instead: W29.1XXA, W29.1XXD, W29.1XXS

ClassificationV00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)
DefinitionContact with knife is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (W26.0).Contact with electric knife is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (W29.1).
7th characterThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W26The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W29

Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources