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W30.89XA vs W86

W30.89XA (Contact with other specified agricultural machinery, initial encounter) compared with W86 (Exposure to other specified electric current), 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. W30.89XA carries an Excludes1 note covering W86: “exposure to electric current (W86.-)”

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

W30.89XAContact with other specified agricultural machinery, initial encounterW86Exposure to other specified electric current
Billing statusBillableNon-billable header

Report instead: W86.0XXA, W86.0XXD, W86.0XXS, W86.1XXA, W86.1XXD

ClassificationV00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)V00-Y99 — External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)
DefinitionContact with other specified agricultural machinery, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (W30.89A).Exposure to other specified electric current is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (W86).
7th characterThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W30The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W86
Includes
animal-powered farm machine

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